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Network Rail and The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre visited Joyce Frankland Academy in Newport, Essex on Tuesday, 13 December, to perform their hard-hitting ‘Off the Level’ production and teach students about railway safety.

Network Rail project manager, Gary Desmond, from Benfleet, Essex is about to work his 16^th Christmas, delivering important upgrades to make the railway more reliable for the increasing number of passengers who travel from Southend to London Liverpool Street.

As part of the £133 million project to electrify the railway between Gospel Oak and Barking, Network Rail and its main contractor Murphy have committed to creating a wildflower meadow as part of the new Walthamstow Wetlands.

Pedestrians and cyclists who cross the railway at Trinity Lane, Waltham Cross can now do so more safely, thanks to the installation of a new footbridge.

Network Rail has submitted plans to build a footbridge over the Brayford Wharf East level crossing in Lincoln city centre.

Over 80 Network Rail workers will be giving up Christmas with their families to carry out vital upgrades to the railway in Peterborough.

Network Rail workers will be giving up Christmas with their families to carry out vital upgrades to the railway in Doncaster.

A new platform which will allow more trains to run through Doncaster and improve reliability of journeys for passengers has been officially opened.