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Network Rail is holding a series of community drop-in sessions this autumn to update residents and the local community on its ongoing work to improve resilience of the railway between Dawlish and Teignmouth in Devon.

Passengers in Bristol are to benefit from more seats, quicker journey times and more frequent trains from next year, as Network Rail makes progress on the delivery of electrification to Bristol Parkway.

Following on from the recent announcement that Kerse Road in Stirling will re-open to traffic on Friday 19 October – a week earlier than anticipated, we can now confirm that the bridge will open to all traffic without restrictions.

• track, platform and signalling improvements
• paving the way for bigger, better trains with more seats for more customers in future
• part of the wider Great North Rail Project
• part of #StationsDay – celebrating the £5.2billion investment to regenerate Britain’s rail stations

Motorists cause numerous delays to passengers owing to the misuse of level crossings, with over 2,000 incidents each year, as highlighted in this week’s episode of Paddington Station 24/7.

Network Rail is inviting residents in East Yorkshire to find out more about work to upgrade the railway as part of the Great North Rail Project.

Scotland’s Railway has produced a new customer friendly animation as part of its biggest ever response to the threats caused by autumn leaf fall.

Network Rail is preparing to deliver the next phase of works to upgrade the signaling systems and track as part of the £68m Norwich, Yarmouth, Lowestoft (NYL) re-signalling project this weekend. Engineers will continue to upgrade some of the oldest signals in the country, improving safety and journeys for passengers travelling on the Wherry lines.