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Rail passengers using the line between Ipswich, Lowestoft and Felixstowe are urged to check before they travel at the end of July as Network Rail begins work to replace the track over a nine-day closure to make journeys smoother and more reliable.

• The seven-year contract is worth £125m
• Single biggest roadside advertising contract in the UK
• Primesight will build 20 new digital billboards on Network Rail land by year end
• Primesight to take over advertising rights on Network Rail bridges from April 2018

• Ground-breaking collaboration between Network Rail and biofuels start-up, bio-bean, is highly commended at leading environmental awards
• Scheme gives new meaning to daily grind, with grounds from 38m cups of coffee from stations across Britain converted into biofuel
• Initiative prevented an estimated 5,000 tonnes of CO2 from entering atmosphere

British Transport Police and the ScotRail Alliance are today issuing a warning to youngsters throughout Scotland – trespassing on the railway can be lethal.

• Work will allow line between Chippenham and Swindon to be electrified
• Upgraded drainage will help make services more reliable

Residents living near Liverpool South Parkway are invited to a drop-in event on Tuesday 11 July to find out more about work to renew two local railway bridges.

The views of residents, businesses and passengers are being sought over the next two weeks on plans to continue the transformation of cross country rail services in Britain.

• Trespassing on the railways is at an all-time high with over 8,000 incidents recorded in 2016
• In the past ten years 170 people have been killed on rail tracks almost half of them aged under 25
• Partnership with The Scout Association will focus on educating Cubs on the dangers of playing alongside railways as part of their Personal Safety Badge