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Great Northern and Network Rail today (Friday 11 December) gave passengers on the Fen Line between Cambridge and King’s Lynn a taste of the new twice-longer eight-carriage service that will boost space and seats on trains from Sunday (13 December).

A major collaboration between Network Rail and Yorkshire based photojournalist Jude Palmer has seen a 225-metre exhibition of work from the project ‘Love of Leeds’ installed at Leeds railway station.

A Christmas collection has been organised at Birmingham New Street so people passing through the station can donate to local food banks and charities.

The rail industry is appealing for people to send their messages of hope and goodwill to attach to special Christmas trees at Manchester Piccadilly station.

Network Rail has today (11 December) completed its work to upgrade the railway in west Cornwall which means passengers will have more reliable journeys.

Three months on from the Llangennech freight train fire, remediation work to remove and replace 12,000 cubic metres of diesel contaminated soil around the site has begun.

Network Rail has successfully completed platform extension work at Milngavie station in a £5m investment that will help improve the reliability of services for passengers.

Network Rail has joined construction firms involved in the building of HS2 to set out long-term plans so people in seven London boroughs will benefit from the project.