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• Engineers to work around the clock this holiday season to modernise the network

Network Rail achieved another key milestone on the Stirling-Dunblane-Alloa Electrification Project overnight with the first electric test train running on the route.

In partnership with The Tree Council and members of both the Hadley Wood Association and Hadley Wood Rail User Group, Network Rail’s London North Eastern and East Midlands route (LNE & EM) has launched a trial to reinvigorate lineside vegetation management and establish hedgerows along Britain’s modern railway.

When passenger Eileen Lawrence lost her wedding ring over the platform edge at Bloxwich North station early one morning she thought it was gone for good. That’s until the Network Rail track team came to her rescue.

• £67million upgrade sees major work taking place to improve one of South East's least the reliable lines 
• New travel advice website to provide station-specific information to travellers on closures
• Passenger information sessions at two dozen stations over next month

Network Rail will deliver the next stage of the Abergavenny Station footbridge refurbishment scheme from Monday 3 December 2018.

Network Rail is inviting residents to find out more about work to upgrade the railway in Wellingborough this Christmas.

Work is underway to upgrade platforms to improve access and capacity for passengers using Watford Junction station.