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Twenty six of England's rarest and best preserved signal boxes have been given Grade II listed status by the Department for Culture Media and Sport as a result of a joint English Heritage and Network Rail project to safeguard the nation's railway signalling heritage.

The first week of the work to rebuild the railway around Nottingham is coming to an end, with the project running well on time and significant progress made.

Punctuality on the railways reached 91.1% during period 4, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail.

A factory on rails – the first of its kind to be used on Britain’s railways – will slash years off the time it will take to electrify the Great Western main line.

Network Rail is teaming up with the London Amateur Boxing Association to educate youngsters across the capital about railway safety.

Trent Power Signal Box bowed out after 44 years of service on Friday, as the Nottingham resignalling project got underway.

Passengers travelling between Southport and Wigan will soon benefit from more reliable journeys after Network Rail confirmed details of a £13m investment to improve the track along the route.

Network Rail today announced a £15m refurbishment and expansion of the 83,000 sq ft Victoria Place shopping centre at Victoria station.