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Students from Dove House School Academy have become the first in the country to gain accredited rail safety qualifications as part of a new safety initiative from Network Rail.

Passengers are reminded to plan their journeys in advance as there will be no trains between Southend Victoria and Wickford for nine days as part of a major upgrade of the overhead wires.

Passengers are to benefit from a complete overhaul of the footbridge at Harrow and Wealdstone station in London.

Five new regional managing directors were announced today as a key part in Network Rail’s evolution to a more nimble, customer-focused company that puts passengers first.

Passengers are being advised to plan their journeys ahead of the late May bank holiday with planned engineering work taking place on the West Coast main line.

• Rail haulage and seasonal service contracts worth a total value of £800m
• Awarded to Freightliner, GB Railfreight, Direct Rail Services, DB Cargo UK, Colas Rail UK and Balfour Beatty as detailed

An overgrown railway siding at Eastbourne has been brought back into use by recycling track removed during the successful Three Bridges to Brighton blockade in February.

Network Rail South East has today unveiled its 50th railway bridge mural – this time of Shakespearean legend Richard Burbage on the 400^th anniversary of the thespian’s death.