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Passengers travelling between Castle Cary and Yeovil Pen Mill are urged to check before they travel owing to overrunning engineering works which means the line will be closed all day.

A rural level crossing which was the scene of a fatal accident in North Yorkshire has been removed as Network Rail reminds the farming community to stay vigilant when it comes to safety.

The first new overhead wires were installed on the Southend Victoria branch line this weekend, as part of a £46m programme, meaning fewer delays and improved reliability for passengers travelling to and from London.

A new, state of the art signalling system is to be installed on train lines in the Norwich, Yarmouth and Lowestoft areas as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

Network Rail will carry out improvement work to a railway bridge in Vernatts Drain, Spalding as part of the Railway Upgrade Plan.

Network Rail has vacancies available in Yorkshire for their Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme as they double the number of places on the programme nationwide.

Important upgrades for the Crossrail programme and work to install new overhead wires on the line between Norwich and London will take place at weekends from October to December, with a ten-day closure at Christmas.

Network Rail is inviting residents to find out more about a major improvement project to the railway in Derby, which will see the area resignalled.