Passengers are benefitting from more reliable step-free access at Macclesfield station after a major overhaul of its lifts.

A footpath crossing of the main London-Tonbridge railway in countryside near Hildenborough is being closed by Network Rail today (Thursday) as an emergency, after a survey of the crossing revealed much higher usage than expected.

A customer services assistant at Birmingham New Street station is inspiring other autistic people like him to find a route into their dream career.

• SignLive enables deaf or hearing-impaired passengers to keep up to date with station announcements, no matter the time of day
• RoomMate is an electronic, wall mounted device that provides blind and visually impaired passengers with a bespoke audio description in an accessible toilet

• Network Rail completes major project to fully refurbish the lifts at Derby station
• Lift at Pride Park entrance reopened today (Thursday 1 April)
• Lift at main entrance reopened for passengers in November
• Passengers urged to continue following government guidance and keep journeys to a minimum

Major work to upgrade the railway in West Yorkshire is now a step closer as Network Rail has submitted plans to transform the line between Huddersfield and Westtown (Dewsbury) following two rounds of public and stakeholder consultations.

Three years’ worth of work to upgrade drainage, track and signalling equipment over a seven-mile stretch of railway in North London has been completed in just eleven days by Network Rail.

Guildford is set for a large programme of railway improvements this Easter, putting the finishing touches to the biggest improvements to the area in 40 years.