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A 10-year-old schoolboy from Tamworth has been praised for entering an international competition held by Network Rail and the Royal Institute of British Architects to design a fully accessible railway footbridge of the future.

A 10-year-old boy whose submission to a footbridge design competition wowed judges has been recognised by Network Rail and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) at an event in London.

Passengers and residents in the Selhurst area are invited to a drop-in session to find out more about the upcoming Access for All station improvement project.

Network Rail have released images showing the first phase of work install a new, accessible footbridge at Market Harborough railway station as part of the Midland Main Line Upgrade.

Network Rail is urging passengers planning on travelling between Hull and Scarborough to check before they travel as a £2.8million investment into the railway takes place next month.

Braehead Primary School, Stirling, made its own little bit of history when Network Rail offered pupils the chance to bury a time capsule near the new Kerse Road bridge.

The Victorian era footbridge at St Austell station in Cornwall was removed this weekend before being transported 30 miles to its new home at Helston heritage railway.

Sussex passengers are seeing the benefits today as Network Rail handed the railway back on time following a 9-day closure for vital engineering work that will make their train service more reliable.