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Passengers are being advised about changes to weekend trains between Birmingham New Street and Coleshill Parkway while major HS2 work takes place in the Nechells area of Birmingham.

Network Rail is supporting HS2 engineers to move a new 84-metre-long, 1,600 tonne road bridge into position on Aston Church Road.

Passengers are being advised about work next month to replace the lifts at Bolton station.

TRU apprentices Oliver Cann, Bethany Draper and Asher Thomas have all received nominations for the 2024 Young Rail Professionals Awards.

Railway reliability upgrades by Network Rail will mean the closure of the railway between Reading, Bracknell and Gatwick Airport next week – with buses replacing trains.

Network Rail engineers will be carrying out an extensive programme of engineering work at Keadby sliding bridge, near Scunthorpe, which will result in changes to train services through the area.

Network Rail has announced that a section of the West Highland Line between Crianlarich and Fort William/Mallaig will be closed for nine days in March.

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has so far taken on 52 apprentices in North Yorkshire, who have been involved in some of the project's biggest pieces of work across the region including the installation of electric overhead wires between Church Fenton and York that will power faster, greener, cleaner trains.

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has so far taken on 44 apprentices in West Yorkshire, who have been involved in some of the project's biggest pieces of work across the region including the building of the new station at Morley, the ground-breaking TRU Safety Centre (pictured) and the upgrade of Huddersfield station.