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New safety equipment given the green light at ten level crossings across Anglia
Network Rail has installed new equipment at ten level crossings across Anglia to make them safer.

Okehampton photograph stirs memories of a day tinged with sadness for GWR employee
1972: It was the year the Watergate Scandal broke, Emmerdale Farm first appeared on our TV screens, Mary Peters won pentathlon gold at the Munich Olympics – and the last regular passenger train left Okehampton.

Scotland’s Railway colleague wins Crimestoppers award
Senior community engagement manager Mark Henderson has won the Crimestoppers CEO’s Corporate Volunteer Award for 2021 for supporting the charity’s campaigns across Scotland.

Graffiti hotspots tidied up in major cleaning blitz on the railway
Communities across the south west are to benefit from a tidier, cleaner-looking railway following a spring clean of graffiti-affected railway sites in Devon, Bristol, Berkshire and west London.

Bank Holiday South East London and Kent works completed on time offering passengers better journeys
It was a busy bank holiday for Network Rail on the line to the Kent coast, where a brand-new type of bridge has been carefully built over the River Stour at Chartham.

Birmingham brick Victorian viaducts get railway revamp
Two Victorian-built railway viaducts in Birmingham are having essential repairs to make them more reliable for passenger and freight journeys.

Network Rail’s 3000th apprentice takes up his station at Suffolk signal box
Signalling apprentice, Thomas Briggs, based at Saxmundham in Suffolk, has become Network Rail’s 3000th apprentice since the apprenticeship levy launched in April 2017. The levy was introduced by the government to fund new apprenticeships, creating opportunities for school leavers like Thomas and helping to develop the existing workforce.

Lindsells crossing bridleway bridge scheme proposed
A proposal to invest a total of £5m to replace the Lindsells level crossing in Biggleswade with a bridleway bridge has been submitted as a planning application by Network Rail.
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