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The local community in Stonehouse, Stroud, are now able to cross the railway more safely following a recent upgrade of Globe Inn level crossing.

Network Rail engineers successfully carried out a £2.28 million project to prevent landslips in the Fareham area with the line closed for 9 days to allow the work to happen.

A package of rail works to reduce delays and improve reliability of rail services for passengers travelling between London, Enfield Town and Cambridge has been completed.

• Derbyshire rail passengers can expect a more reliable railway as Network Rail renew the track through Belper this weekend (Sat 9 and Sun 10 July)
• The essential £500k project will bring smoother journeys for passengers right along the Midland Main Line and help more trains to run on time
• Buses will replace trains between Derby and Sheffield/Matlock – passengers should check before they travel with National Rail Enquiries

Network Rail and Balfour Beatty welcomed back North Queensferry Primary School last Wednesday (June 29) for a picnic and to bury a time capsule next to the iconic Forth Bridge.

Network Rail will invest more than £120m of Scottish Government funding in the next three years to boost the electricity power supply into Scotland’s railway network.

A £3.5m refurbishment of a 134-year-old railway viaduct in Kent is about to get underway, with three weekends of engineering work planned for this summer - starting on Saturday (2 July).

Fly-tippers in the Deepdale area of Preston are being urged to stop dumping waste on railway land or face criminal consequences.