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Three rail bridges in Slough and Hillingdon were demolished over the Christmas break as part of preparations for the arrival of new electric Crossrail trains.

Engineers have been working overnight to monitor flooding and to try to keep the railway open.

Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris today (Friday 21 December) officially opened Britains first grade II listed plastic footbridge at Dawlish station.

Network Rail has released an artist’s impression of a possible footbridge at the site of Bayles & Wylies level crossing in Nottingham.

Period 9 of 2012/13: 11 November 2012 - 08 December 2012

Punctuality on the railways fell to 85.3% during period 9, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail. The data for Britain's train services covers the period from 11 November 2012 - 08 December 2012. This compares to 88.4% for the same period last year. The moving annual average is now at 91.5%.

Engineers have been at Hitchin on the East Coast main line since yesterday afternoon working to repair damaged overhead lines.

Hobbit author JRR Tolkien is known to have stayed in the village of Great Haywood, on the edge of the Shugborough estate near Stafford. Could Shugborough railway tunnel have been the inspiration for his words "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."?

New technology that could boost the capacity of the network and allow operators to run more trains, more often, and more efficiently has been unveiled this week.