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Network Rail has completed an £8m project to make the iconic Hawarden bridge across the River Dee stronger. The bridge is fit for the future and better able to cater for the ever increasing demand for passenger and freight services.

A multi-million pound scheme to improve five stations in Wales received an enthusiastic reception from politicians when they viewed progress on Friday 14 November.

A previously unemployed man from Southwark has become the 500^th graduate of the London Bridge Skills Academy. The project based centre of learning is helping engineers deliver the massive £6.5bn Thameslink rail improvement programme – including the complete redevelopment of London Bridge station – while preparing them for the projects of tomorrow.

Major work to renew a junction connecting the railway line between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey and the West Coast Main Line will start on 29 November.

An exhibition telling the story of the vital role Britain’s railway and its staff played in World War One is on show at Liverpool Lime Street station.

New lifts are providing improved access for rail passengers at Bingley station.

A striking black and white aerial image looking down onto people boarding and alighting trains at London Bridge station, which is undergoing one of Britain's biggest station redevelopments, has won the Network Rail Lines in the Landscape Award at this year’s Take a View’s Landscape Photographer of the Year competition.

Aerial footage showing the huge amount of work taking place to improve journeys on one of Europe’s busiest rail routes has been captured by helicopter.