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• 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.

Transformational plans to revamp Sunderland’s central train station are full steam ahead, with a £26m boost that will ‘give Sunderland the rail station it deserves’.

Network Rail is carrying out work to improve Rearsby level crossing in Charnwood later this month to make sure it remains fit for purpose for years to come.

At the end of this month, railway engineers will be making major improvements to track and railway bridges between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge and Manchester Victoria and Rochdale.

• Rail industry colleagues have worked together to operate a charter train in aid of Martin House Children’s Hospice.
• Passengers at the event helped to raise over £50,000 for the charity so far.
• Rail industry partners have also donated prizes to be auctioned online until Friday 9 July.

Network Rail is poised to start work on a major scheme to improve accessibility for passengers at Finsbury Park railway station – a key location on the network and a strategic interchange for services across London.