Network Rail is delivering a level crossing lesson to new students as it is revealed that more than 2,000 young people have been involved in a near miss with a train at a level crossing in the past five years, with seven tragic fatalities. The lesson comes as thousands of young people embark on new educational journeys at colleges and universities all over the country.

Network Rail will be holding a drop-in session on Saturday October 10 to show residents plans to replace the Chandler’s Ford footpath level crossing with a stepped footbridge.

Network Rail will start work this week to rebuild Park Street bridge in Walsall as the electrification of the Chase Line continues.

Nearly 140,000 fans, many travelling by train, will descend on Manchester this Saturday (10 October) for the Super League Grand Final and England’s last 2015 Rugby World Cup match.

Engineers will start to install overhead power cables on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line this month (October) as work to electrify the route in 2016 gathers pace.

New railway track is being laid at Norton Bridge using a specialist machine in the latest stage of Network Rail’s £250m Stafford area improvement work.

Commenting on the news from the Department for Transport, Chairman of Network Rail, Sir Peter Hendy said:

Lanes on the A666 into Bolton will be temporarily closed while engineers enlarge a train tunnel below the carriageway, Network Rail said today (29 September).