• Ilford station’s new, modern entrance building opens today to passengers
• Upgrades include three new lifts providing step free access between street and platforms
• Network Rail’s station upgrade programme for Crossrail is substantially completed.

A joint project by Network Rail and local people has revamped the appearance of an unpopular railway bridge rebuilt over three years ago in rural Lancashire.

Passengers will be able to continue to move between Manchester and Huddersfield via diversionary routes, as two weekends of essential track work to transform train journeys through Stalybridge starts this September.

• There will be significant changes to services on the East Coast Main Line on 17 - 18 September, 24 - 25 September and 1 - 10 October inclusive
• Diversion routes and rail replacement services will be in operation between Newcastle and Scotland, with other journeys across the East Coast Main Line also affected
• Passengers are urged to plan ahead, check before they travel and allow extra time for their journeys

Passengers using the Chiltern main line to travel between Birmingham, Oxford and London will soon benefit from smoother, more reliable journeys.

Network Rail is urgently pleading parents to hammer home the dangers of trespass and antisocial behaviour on the railway.

The railway through Dawlish is now better protected as construction of the new, bigger sea wall has reached another major milestone.

Major changes to train services on the West of England main line west of Salisbury have had to be made after a 4-mile long speed restriction was put in place between Gillingham and Tisbury, in Dorset and Wiltshire.