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London’s historic railway bridges are being transformed into stunning pieces of art thanks to Network Rail’s unique partnership with a street artist and community groups.

Network Rail and the British Transport Police are urging people to stay safe at level crossings after new images show children sitting, lying down and playing on a level crossing in Wing, Rutland.

Network Rail will begin work to improve accessibility at Hebden Bridge station on Friday, 10 August as part of the Great North Rail Project and Access for All programme.

• Numbers through Edinburgh Waverley were up 45% on Saturday, August 4, and 36% on Sunday, August 5.

Muirhead Road in Baillieston will re-open on Wednesday 15 August as work on the multi-million pound project to reconstruct the bridge over the railway nears completion.

The railway line through Newbury reopened as planned this morning (Monday 6 August) following a three-week closure to allow Team Orange to install wiring to prepare the line for electrification.

Residents in Bognor are being invited to a community drop-in session to find out more about plans to replace a railway footbridge.

A total of 19km of new overhead wires is planned to be installed between Mountnessing and Wickford on the Southend Victoria branch line over the coming months, as part of a £46m upgrade to replace the overhead wiring system.