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Transport Minister Humza Yousaf joined engineers today (Friday, August 5) to see the early completion of the £60m project to refurbish and upgrade the kilometre-long Glasgow Queen Street tunnel.

Local politicians visited Liverpool Central station yesterday (4 August) to take a rare look at the tunnels beneath the city, revealing the seldom-seen passages used by trains every day and the challenges involved in maintaining a safe and modern railway for passengers.

Network Rail has issued an urgent warning to level crossing users after CCTV cameras captured three young people stopping on the railway tracks at a footpath crossing in West Grimstead, just outside of Salisbury, to pose for a selfie.

Children are being reminded of the importance of obeying signals and signs at level crossings following a near miss with a train at a Welsh level crossing.

Network Rail has opened a new footbridge in Wool, Dorset as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan to deliver a better, safer railway.

Rail passengers are being reminded to plan their journeys before travelling, ahead of a six-week closure of the Severn Tunnel to prepare the Great Western Mainline for a brand new fleet of electric trains.

Network Rail has appointed Becky Lumlock as route managing director for Wessex, one of the busiest routes on the rail network which includes Britain’s busiest railway station, Waterloo, and the major commuter area to the south and west of London.