Work is now underway to prepare for the demolition and reconstruction of the bridge under the railway which enables access to Parklea playing fields in Port Glasgow.

• CodingCats – a group of innovators from the tech sector – wins Hack Partners’ sixth HackTrain event
• Its algorithm could allow the rail industry to unlock spare capacity by providing more detailed information on how long trains spend through congested parts of the network and the impact to services
• Eight ideas from the event to be taken forward by Network Rail and hackers as part of a post-Hackathon acceleration initiative, generating results much faster than before

Passengers will benefit from a better, more reliable railway in 2020 thanks to upgrade and maintenance work taking place this Christmas and New Year.

Network Rail is urging parents in East Yorkshire to speak to their children about the dangers of playing on the railway after shocking images show two teenage girls trespassing on the tracks in Howden.

Passengers using the Brighton Main Line this morning between Brighton and Gatwick are being urged not to travel as flooding on the railway is severely impacting services.

Rail passengers in South Wales are reminded to check before they travel over the Christmas and New Year period as Network Rail upgrades the railway ahead of electric services being introduced.

Network Rail and Strukton Rail have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the delivery of Network Rail’s £245m research and development (R&D) portfolio in Control Period 6.

Birmingham New Street station is staging a Christmas Eve banquet for 350 homeless and vulnerable people.