Network Rail is to upgrade and improve safety at Ashford Bowdler level crossing. The upgrade, which will see the current half barriers replaced by full barriers, is part of a £75 million project to modernise the railway between Newport and Shrewsbury, with new signalling technology installed along the route.

Local residents and other users of Pinhoe level crossing will be learning to stay safe on the railway during a campaign organised by Network Rail and British Transport Police (BTP).

Passengers and station visitors at Britain's busiest station, London Waterloo, will have an extra month to enjoy the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards exhibition, currently on the station mezzanine, as huge popularity has led the station team to extend its run for a month until the end of February. Dozens of images of the winners and commended entries from this year's competition are being exhibited, including the winner of the Network Rail sponsored 'Lines in the Landscape' award, which rewards the best image taken of Britain’s railway network.

A full Thameslink train service will begin running between St Pancras and Farringdon again tomorrow morning (Friday) following flooding in a railway tunnel under Clerkenwell.

Network Rail has published a draft report which examines the options for long term improvements to railway in the East Midlands.

Some rail services will be restricted in West Yorkshire on the morning of Thursday (29 January) as the rail industry responds to forecasts of deep snow.

Thames Water faces a multi-million pound bill for a burst water main and several other leaks from other water pipes since Friday evening.

Major work to replace the railway bridge at Orphanage Road in Watford will start in February as essential improvements to provide a better, more reliable railway for passengers on the West Coast Main Line continues.