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Network Rail, alongside AtkinsRéalis and Global Rail Construction, were honoured at the National Rail Awards last night, winning the Outstanding Teamwork Award for their collaboration on the Feltham to Wokingham Resignalling Programme.

• Historic signal box makes the 330-mile journey from Wye station in Kent to Prospidnick in Cornwall
• Upcycling project gives otherwise redundant structure a new lease of life on heritage railway
• Project to carefully remove delicate structure enabled by ex-offenders involved in the ‘Brighter Futures in Rail’ project

Rail passengers in South London asked to plan ahead as Network Rail brings an upgraded signalling system online over 7 days this October half term

• Engineering works taking place at Teston, East Farleigh station and Maidstone West station 
• Between Thursday 31 October and Sunday 3 November the line is closed between Paddock Wood and Maidstone West with buses replacing trains
• People asked to plan ahead and check before they travel

Buses will replace trains between Hastings, Rye and Ashford International while engineers work on the tunnel

• Deers top the list of criminal animals that most frequently trespass on the railway
• But people are by far the worst offender
• Over the last year animals trespassed four times a day; people, every half-an-hour!

The Blackheath Tunnel reopened on Monday 12 August following 10-week closure for essential repairs

• The 175-year-old tunnel needed repairs to its brickwork to stop water leaks damaging the railway

• The £10m programme of investment will help deliver better journeys for Southeastern customers by reducing delays and improving reliability.

• Mosaic supported by Network Rail and made of 250,000 glass pieces in a range of 28 colours by 70 volunteers 
• The largest-ever commission by the London School of Mosaic, with more than 21 million people projected to pass by each year, the mosaic will last for at least 150 years