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A state-of-the-art footbridge which will significantly increase the safety at a busy level crossing in Lincoln will open to the public this Friday.

• Network Rail staff visit local schools to educate young people on the dangers associated with the railways

• Network Rail is upgrading the lines to support the new electric trains which will be used on the Elizabeth Line and the trains on the Great Western route.

• The new Electric Over Head Line system which carries 25,000 volts will be turned on in 2017 across the Thames Valley.

Glasgow Central station is urging commuters to show their generosity next Wednesday when Scotland’s busiest station hosts a food bank collection to support Glasgow City Mission.

Network Rail will be hosting two information events to give local residents the opportunity to find out more about plans to replace the Cornton level crossings with a new road bridge over the railway.

Residents in Truro, Cornwall, will soon benefit from an upgrade to the Saveock bridge as Network Rail prepares to carry out extensive improvement work that will ensure the future of this vital route for motorists into and out of the city centre.

The first of five consecutive weekends of work at Chislehurst, south east London, has been completed successfully and safely by Network Rail.

As many as 88 jobs are set to be created by Network Rail in Derby as part of the organisation’s Railway Upgrade Plan in the East Midlands.

Network Rail is carrying out emergency work to repair the railway between Buxton and Hazel Grove after heavy rain last weekend caused significant damage to the track and embankment.