Network Rail is nearing the end of the process to sell its extensive commercial estate in order to invest in railway improvements, with four bidders in the final stage.

More than 22 million people a year are benefiting from a multi-million upgrade that finished six months early and will help give passengers better journeys.

Goodmayes station will close from Sunday 5 August to Sunday 12 August (inclusive) while the footbridge undergoes essential strengthening work.

Network Rail engineers will reach a significant milestone in Stirling this weekend (21 July), when the first beams of the new Kerse Road bridge structure are lifted into place using a 750tn crane.

Alarming new figures reveal more than a quarter of teenagers admit to risking their lives on the railways just weeks after a 12-year-old girl miraculously survived falling on a live rail in the south east.

Alarming new figures reveal the number of people trespassing on the railway has more than doubled across the south western rail network in the last five years.

Network Rail and British Transport Police have joined forces to launch a new safety campaign urging youngsters to keep off the tracks as new figures reveal a four year high in young people risking their lives on the region's railways.

The number of young people taking risks on the railway track has doubled Wales and Borders since 2014¹.  Across the UK, in the last 12 months alone, seven young people under the age of 18 have lost their lives and a further 48 people have received life changing injuries.