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Plans are progressing for a new Tram Train stop and Park & Ride in Templeborough, Rotherham.

Network Rail has completed a major project to replace Manton railway bridge in Rutland, which was over 150 years old.

Network Rail will install two temporary staircases at Royston station next month to save Great Northern and Thameslink passengers time switching between the two platforms while the footbridge is out of action.

• 41% of adults across the East Midlands say they would retrieve their phone from the track, 41% would risk everything for their purse or wallet and 42% would get their keys
• 890 trespass incidents reported between April 2020 and March 2021 across Network Rail’s East Midlands route³
• New safety film – Shattered Lives – highlights the devastating consequences of adult trespass
• There are other hidden dangers, such as the lethal current which runs through the overhead lines. They are always on so always stay off 

• New Changing Places facility at Leeds station will help those with mobility-limiting disabilities travel with confidence.
• Leeds is leading the way for better accessibility, with the most Changing Places facilities in the UK.
• Further improvements include a new accessible toilet on platform zero and staff disability awareness training throughout July.

• Work begins on a £2.1million project to repair Aire Bridge in North Yorkshire.
• The upgrade will improve reliability along a vital freight line used by Drax Power Station during nine-day closure in August, with no impact on passenger services.
• Hirst Road level crossing, between Carlton and Hirst Courtney will be closed while the bridge is repaired.
• Track will also be renewed in Hensall, near Snaith to maximise the amount of work done in one closure.

Toufic Machnouk has been appointed to Network Rail’s Eastern executive team as Director, Industry Partnership Digital.

Network Rail will carry out vital work to connect a new tunnel north of Peterborough to the existing railway, ready to further improve journeys for passengers on the East Coast Main Line.