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Emma Watson used to travel into London Liverpool Street Station every day, and now she works for Network Rail, as one of the country’s youngest station managers, managing the station. As she nears one year in the role, an unprecedented year at that, and to coincide with International Women’s Day, she shares her experience of being a female manager in a historically male-dominated rail industry.

A graduate who joined Network Rail during the COVID-19 pandemic and has been helping to improve the signalling on the Midland Main Line is encouraging more women to consider a career in the rail industry.

The railway through Llangennech in Wales has reopened this morning for the first time in six months following one of the biggest environmental recovery efforts Network Rail has ever been involved with.

The railway through Llangennech has reopened for the first time in six months, following one of the biggest environmental recovery efforts Network Rail has ever been involved with.

Complex work is underway to decommission railway lines and train depots to make way for a billion pound rail interchange at Old Oak Common.

Maidstone East's station upgrade is taking shape with the completion of its new station entrance this week.

Construction of a new, longer platform 4 at Swansea station is underway, following a month of demolition work to remove and recycle the old one.