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Network Rail’s work to electrify the Great Western Main Line has reached two important milestones as the company announces a section of the line is to be ‘energised’ for the first time and its flagship Electrification Training Centre in Swindon is officially opened.

Old Sodbury residents are invited to attend a drop-in event to find out more about work that will soon be taking place to prepare the Great Western Main Line for the arrival of a new fleet of electric trains.

Jonathan Reynolds, MP for Stalybridge and Hyde, met with Network Rail and National Grid today (27 May) to see the electricity substation that will power the electrification of the railway in the north of England.

Network Rail will begin construction of the new platforms at Ilkeston station next week as part of the organisation’s Railway Upgrade Plan in Derbyshire.

• Network Rail unearths further historic remains of Brunel’s engineering workshops during Crossrail project construction works near Paddington
• Archaeologists recorded the discoveries and ensured they were preserved before continuing with upgrade work

A prominent figure in the redevelopment of Birmingham New Street has been recognised as one of the leading women in construction and engineering in Europe.

Passengers in the Manchester area are being reminded to check before they travel this spring bank holiday weekend as work to connect Manchester’s two main train stations continues.

A busy carriageway in Howden which collapsed last month will reopen this coming Saturday, Network Rail can confirm.