A broken drain that caused four metres of water to flood a busy road under a railway bridge in Euxton is being permanently repaired thanks to a £700,000 investment by Network Rail.

Network Rail has opened the doors of its training facility in Warrington to show the local MP how the orange army learns to maintain and improve the railway.

Cardiff residents have been invited to a series of drop-in events to learn more about temporary level crossing closures planned over the festive season as work to deliver Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan continues.

Plans for a phased programme of benefits to be delivered to customers as part of Northern Programmes - the largest railway upgrade in the north of England since Victorian times, were unveiled today (Thursday 10 November 2016).

Representatives from the Western Front Association, Network Rail, Southern, The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women, The Sea Cadets Corps and many other organisations gathered at London Victoria station last night (Thursday, November 10) to pay tribute to the Unknown Warrior.

Train services are returning to normal for Thameslink passengers and a full service is in operation on East Midlands Trains this morning (Friday 11 November).  Engineers successfully tested and brought into service a new signalling control system after the old one was damaged beyond repair by a power surge.

Rail passengers are being thanked for their patience as engineers continue to fix signalling equipment which was damaged at Luton on Tuesday (8 November). A cable came into contact with the overhead lines, causing a power surge which caused extensive damage to the signalling which controls trains.

Kingsknowe level crossing in Edinburgh will be upgraded to a full barrier crossing by early 2017 as part of an investment in safety by Network Rail.