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Network Rail has worked with the charity Railway Children to install artwork at Leeds station ahead of World Homelessness Day on Saturday 10 October.

Network Rail is starting work this month on a £3.7million project to upgrade the railway bridge at Doncaster Road in Crofton.

Network Rail is advising drivers, cyclists and pedestrians in Cuffley that closures will be in place on Station Road over the next few months, as major work takes place on a £3.2million project to upgrade the railway bridge. 

Network Rail is urging passengers in Yorkshire to check before they travel on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November as vital improvement work continues to create the first new platform at Leeds station in nearly 20 years.

Network Rail is inviting residents in the Huddersfield area and across the wider region to view the latest online proposals for major upgrades to the railway between Huddersfield and Westtown (Dewsbury).

A pedestrian, who was wearing headphones when using a footpath level crossing in East Yorkshire, had his pet dog to thank as he narrowly escaped being hit by a train.

Network Rail and train operators on the East Coast Main Line are urging passengers not to travel to or from London King’s Cross, or on Thameslink services to or from St Pancras International via Finsbury Park, on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October, as vital work continues on the East Coast Upgrade.

Network Rail has carried out improvement work on Skerne Bridge, the oldest railway bridge in the world in continuous use, before its 195^th anniversary this weekend.