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Passengers and residents in Llandrindod Wells, Powys, will soon benefit from a safer, more reliable level crossing as Network Rail confirms it will fully renew the crossing’s equipment.

A £39.8m project to rebuild the line between Folkestone and Dover will be completed this autumn, Network Rail has confirmed.

Work to repair and rebuild the railway has been taking place since December 2015, when the line had to be closed after it became severely damaged.

Lodge Road Bridge in Caerleon is being refurbished as part of the Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan to provide a bigger, better, more reliable railway for passengers and businesses.

Network Rail Consulting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Network Rail – the owner and operator of Britain’s railway infrastructure – has appointed Jason Wassermann as its new regional director for the Middle East.

A cat reported dead was miraculously found alive two days later after surviving for two days under a high-voltage electric track.

Train services have resumed between London Bridge and East Croydon this morning after Network Rail and Thames Water engineers worked for more than a day to mend a deep hole under the railway at Forest Hill

Network Rail engineers from the North West Electrification Programme visited St Mary’s Primary School in Horwich, Bolton, last week to raise awareness of the range of career opportunities in engineering.

A significantly reduced service will continue to run to and from London Bridge for the rest of the day and evening as Network Rail engineers continue to fix the hole at Forest Hill in south London.