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Network Rail has today announced that Andrew Haines OBE has been appointed as its new chief executive. Andrew, who has had a wide ranging career in the rail industry and transport sector, joins following completion of his current role as chief executive of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). 

Residents in Middleton, Greater Manchester, are invited to a public event to hear about improvement work to provide an obstacle free and accessible route to platforms at Mills Hill station.

Network Rail engineers have completed the first phase in the project to electrify the railway lines linking Stirling, Dunblane and Alloa to the main Glasgow-Edinburgh route.

More than 45,000 journeys were safely made between London Waterloo and Windsor & Eton Riverside on Saturday as the nation celebrated the wedding of Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. 

The first ever electric train has travelled between Birmingham and Bromsgrove.

Rail travellers are advised to plan ahead as Network Rail upgrades the railway in Bradford as part of the Great North Rail Project.

Work to install a £9.5 million flood defence scheme to protect the railway line between Exeter and Salisbury began this morning.

New research from Network Rail reveals over a quarter ¹ (28 per cent) of adults in Wales believe crossing a motorway is more dangerous than crossing a railway, despite the fact that trains are unable to stop quickly, or change direction.