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• 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

Residents living in Oxford are invited to find out more about a crucial upgrade through the city which will see a section of the railway closed for nine days as progress is made towards improving line speed in and out of Oxford.

Passengers using Ashton-under-Lyne station are reminded that it will be closed between Saturday 8 and Sunday 31 July while engineering work takes place to provide better journeys between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge.

EMBARGOED UNTIL: Tuesday, 4 July 00:01.  In response to the National Audit Office (NAO) report into the pilot for Tram Train, published on Tuesday 4 July 2017.

A level crossing in Tottenham is now closed and a diversion in place as work gets underway to significantly upgrade the railway in the area.

The ScotRail Alliance achieved its best performance last week since Abellio took over the franchise in April 2015.

The construction of the Bermondsey Dive Under, a new railway junction to the east of London Bridge station, has increased biodiversity in the urban area of Bermondsey by 113%, winning the team a coveted CEEQUAL ‘Excellent’ award of 96.6%.

Suicide prevention measures put in place as part of the partnership between Samaritans, Network Rail, British Transport Police (BTP) and the wider rail industry are continuing to reduce deaths on the railway.