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With the extreme hot weather predicted this week, Network Rail has activated its ‘extreme weather action teams’ (EWATs) across the country to ensure passengers are kept safe and our railway keeps running as reliably as possible.

Network Rail celebrated the completion of a multi-million-pound project to improve rail safety in Talerddig on Friday 22 June, following significant investment by both UK and Welsh Governments.

A Network Rail funded community project which teaches children about railway safety has begun in Corby.

To mark International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2018, Network Rail invited pupils from local high schools to see first-hand the bridge work at Kerse Road in Stirling.

Breich station will close for 12 weeks from Saturday 23 June as part of the work to electrify the Shotts line between Edinburgh and Glasgow Central.

Network Rail has successfully completed 12 weeks of major improvement work to the railway in Northamptonshire as part of the Midland Main Line Upgrade.

A Scout Hall in Rumney, Cardiff, has benefitted from a makeover thanks to a team of volunteers from Network Rail in Wales and Borders.

Thousands of UK SMEs are set to benefit from revised contract terms as Network Rail takes an industry leading step to change the way major suppliers working on the railway pay their subcontractors.