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Visitors to Leeds station will be able to enjoy a free photography exhibition from Monday as Network Rail continues its support for the prestigious Landscape Photographer of the Year competition.

Network Rail will replace a subway beneath a busy level crossing in North Yorkshire during the late-May bank holiday.

New gates have been installed at a pedestrian level crossing at Halesworth station, Suffolk to make the crossing safer as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

Passengers at Hackney Wick station will be able to get to their trains more quickly and more easily when the new station is completed next year, following the installation of a pedestrian subway during the Easter weekend.

The project which will allow passengers in South Yorkshire to be the first to ride on a Tram Train in the UK achieved a major milestone this Easter, marking a significant step forward for the pioneering scheme. 

Key reliability improvements have been made on the main line from Norwich to London this Easter while headway was made on a major milestone on the Crossrail project.

Further details about the once in a lifetime event taking place on Yorkshire’s railways later this month have been confirmed, with the historic occasion to begin at 06.00 on Sunday 23 April near the North Yorkshire village of Tollerton.

Two pieces of inexplicable CCTV footage shows young people risking their lives to snap selfies and use their phones on the track.