Villagers from Chartham, near Canterbury, are able to use their main road again after Network Rail fitted new crossing gates this week.

Bromley Cross level crossing will be made safer thanks to improvements being made by Network Rail.

Dates for a major £200million railway upgrade that will improve journeys to and through Derby station have today been confirmed, with plans being put in place to keep Derby moving.

Passengers travelling between Norwich and Ely are advised to check before they travel on Friday 7 July after signalling equipment was damaged by lightning.

Rail passengers using the line between Ipswich, Lowestoft and Felixstowe are urged to check before they travel at the end of July as Network Rail begins work to replace the track over a nine-day closure to make journeys smoother and more reliable.

• The seven-year contract is worth £125m
• Single biggest roadside advertising contract in the UK
• Primesight will build 20 new digital billboards on Network Rail land by year end
• Primesight to take over advertising rights on Network Rail bridges from April 2018

• Ground-breaking collaboration between Network Rail and biofuels start-up, bio-bean, is highly commended at leading environmental awards
• Scheme gives new meaning to daily grind, with grounds from 38m cups of coffee from stations across Britain converted into biofuel
• Initiative prevented an estimated 5,000 tonnes of CO2 from entering atmosphere

British Transport Police and the ScotRail Alliance are today issuing a warning to youngsters throughout Scotland – trespassing on the railway can be lethal.