Passengers are being advised about changes to journeys through Birmingham New Street station while engineers carry out improvements to the concrete roof above the station’s 12 platforms.

Passengers are being advised of work to protect the railway between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury from abandoned underground mine workings.

Rail passengers are being thanked for their patience after an 11-day closure of the Buxton line for major improvements in Whaley Bridge.

The Ebbw Vale line will be closed on three separate occasions across March and April, with further closures planned between May and July, as considerable work continues to be carried out across the entire line. 

A video captured by CCTV cameras shows the moment a pair of riders on a small moped narrowly escaped being struck by a train travelling at up to 70mph, after they dodged barriers at a level crossing near Littlehampton, in West Sussex.

Five kilometres of fencing has been upgraded to stop livestock from entering the railway.

Rail passengers and road users at Hindley in Greater Manchester are being advised of the next phase of major work to electrify the railway between Wigan and Bolton.

Work is now under way to build the new Leven station as part of the £116m Scottish Government funded Levenmouth Rail Link project.