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Buses will replace trains between Hereford and Shrewsbury during a nine-day closure on the Marches Line between Tuesday 12 September to Thursday 21 September as teams work around the clock to renew the track and ballast inside the historic tunnel. 

Network Rail and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) have successfully demonstrated that the recently installed digital signalling system on the Northern City Line, between Finsbury Park and Moorgate, is ready for passenger service. This is a significant milestone for the first phase of the East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP).

Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is reminding passengers traveling along the railway line between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds, and York to plan their journeys ahead of time, as they upgrade tracks over weekends in September and October. 

The A890 will close overnight on Sunday, September 24 as Network Rail undertakes essential maintenance at Balnacra level crossing on the Kyle of Lochalsh line.

Network Rail has started work on a multi-million pound land reinforcement project at Browney Curve in County Durham.

• Registration has opened for the biggest free wellbeing event for the rail industry, Rail Wellbeing Live (RWL) 
• Dates announced as 7-9 November  
• Over 40 pick ‘n’ mix sessions to choose from, all free to attend 
• Evening sessions for night shift workers 

Major rail projects to improve the railway infrastructure in the Cambridgeshire area are planned to be carried out over the autumn months, affecting passenger services via Cambridge station on most weekends.

Work is underway to make St Erth station in West Cornwall fully accessible for the first time.