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• New survey data reveals 66% of people in the East Midlands don’t know what the ‘third’ or electric rail is
• 38% believe that electrocution from rail tracks can hurt but won’t cause serious injury
• “It's heartbreaking to see preventable injuries devastate lives”. New hard-hitting campaign is launched to educate people of the horrific consequences of straying onto the tracks as railway trespass spikes during British Summer Time

Passengers travelling between Derby and Chesterfield/Matlock are advised of changes to services as Network Rail carries out track renewal and drainage work.

Network Rail teams will be carrying out essential track lowering work near Loughborough this weekend as part of wider multi-million-pound Midland Main Line improvements.

Nearly a quarter of East Midlands residents (23%) don’t know fly-tipping is a crime, according to new research by Network Rail.

Buses will be running in place of trains between Luton and Mill Hill Broadway on the Midland Main Line this weekend (15 and 16 March) as Network Rail continues work to improve reliability on the rail route.

Lilian Greenwood MP joined teams from Network Rail, East Midlands Railway (EMR) and Friends of Beeston Station to officially open the facilities at Beeston station yesterday (Thursday 6 March).

Network Rail has launched a new digital notification service for more than seven million residents living near the railway across east and north east England.

Network Rail’s East Midlands route is joining forces with Samaritans and British Transport Police (BTP) to remind the public that a simple conversation could save a life.