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Network Rail has given students from the City of London Academy first-hand experience of driving trains and operating signalling equipment as part of the inaugural Rail Week.

Over 10,000 children in Wales and the borders have received vital rail safety education in the past ten months.

Employees from Network Rail visited a number of Newport schools this week in a bid to bridge the skills gap and inspire a new generation of children into rail careers.

Visitors to the Norfolk Show this week (Wednesday, 29 and Thursday, 30 June) took part in fun activities that showed them the dangers around the railway.

Passengers using the redeveloped Birmingham New Street are even happier with their station experience according to the latest National Rail Passenger Survey.

The refurbishment of the third and final platform at Moorfields, part of a £12m upgrade of the station, is due to be completed next month.

Passengers and residents in Gloucester will soon benefit from a safer, more reliable level crossing on Horton Road as Network Rail prepares to carry out a full renewal of the crossing’s equipment.

Plans to allow more trains to run and reduce journey times on the East Coast Main Line will be on display at four public information events being held by Network Rail in Cambridgeshire next week.

The events will focus on a project to reinstate a fourth track between Huntingdon and Woodwalton as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan to provide a bigger, better, more reliable railway for passengers and businesses.