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• Network Rail sales grew 4.36% in 2018/19 financial year with like-for-like sales up 1.32%
• Over 250 million customers visited a Network Rail retailer in 2018/19
• London Bridge sales have doubled following significant retail investment
• Every penny of profit from retail sales is reinvested back into the railway

Rail passengers will once again be able to travel to, from and through Market Harborough station as a significant stage of the Midland Main Line Upgrade has completed on schedule.

TImelapse video shows overnight installation of replica Spitfire in the concourse of the UK's fourth busiest station. 

Passengers in Devon and Cornwall will notice something unusual on their commute this week as Network Rail and GWR have installed giant deck chairs at stations along the route to mark the introduction of new services this May, providing an extra 4,200 seats every weekday.

Network Rail has appointed BAM Nuttall as the main contractor for the construction of the new Kintore station.

Train services have started to resume at Leeds station and the platforms have reopened.

A project led by the Network Rail and Colas Rail has used solar lighting and power generation to prove the viability of a sustainable ‘Site of the Future’, achieving 97% diesel-free operation in support of a major rail renewal project at Llanwern, South Wales.

Volunteers from Network Rail have helped install modern safety features to a level crossing at a heritage railway in Bedfordshire.