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Residents from Needham Market in Suffolk are invited to attend two drop-in sessions next week to find out more about Network Rail’s plans to improve safety at Gipsy Lane level crossing.

A new campaign has been launched encouraging students in the east of England to take care at level crossings as it is revealed that 430 young people in the region were involved in a near miss with a train at a level crossing in the past five years.

Network Rail staff at London Liverpool Street station have been celebrating their success after winning the “Major Station of the Year” award at the prestigious National Rail Awards.

Network Rail is inviting people to have their say on proposals to upgrade the railway between Bicester and Bedford and Milton Keynes and Princes Risborough.

Network Rail and Abellio Greater Anglia today thanked passengers for their patience as vital upgrades were completed over the August Bank Holiday on the line between London and Norwich.

Network Rail will be holding a drop in session on Monday September 7 to information local people about the upcoming project to carry out essential maintenance to the River Stour and River Avon viaducts.

New proposals have been set out by Network Rail that would significantly reduce lorry movements in Shenfield and Brentwood town centres as a result of the works to improve the railway for the Crossrail programme.

A major programme of improvement work will take place at London Bridge rail station this August Bank Holiday, preparing the way for bigger changes next year.