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Passengers planning to travel into London and across Kent this Easter should check before they travel as Network Rail will be carrying out a major improvement programme in the area over the bank holiday weekend. 

The bridge over the railway at Stratton Green, Swindon, has reopened to the public today, Monday 29 February, after work to prepare it for electrification and a new fleet of electric trains was completed on time.

Network Rail’s orange army has received international recognition for its work to provide a better experience for passengers travelling to and through Reading station.

Hundreds of thousands of passengers and businesses using rail freight are set to benefit from one of the biggest Easter investment programmes ever carried out on Britain’s rail network.

A team of Network Rail’s orange army have volunteered their time to help create a new habitat for one of the UK’s rarest butterfly at a new site next to a Buckinghamshire railway line to ensure their survival.

The man who has provided the 'voice of Birmingham New Street' for over quarter of a century is announcing his own departure from the station today (Friday 26 February) - but his legacy will linger.

Passengers in Wales are being advised to check before they travel this Easter as Network Rail embarks on one of the biggest Easter investment programmes ever carried out on Britain’s rail network.

Network Rail, in partnership with Atkins, scooped the ‘station excellence’ award at the Rail Business Awards last night (Thursday 26 February) for the new Birmingham New Street station which opened in September 2015.