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Network Rail's 43 public members today published their first 'annual report' summarising their activities over the last year and outlining how the membership have held the company and its board to account.

A record-breaking programme of upgrades to Britain’s rail network was successfully completed over the Christmas and New Year period, providing new tracks, new and longer platforms, new lifts and footbridges at stations, upgraded signalling equipment and electrification equipment to allow cleaner, faster electric trains to run.

Passengers planning to travel by rail on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 December are being advised to check with their train operator before travelling, as gale-force winds and heavy rain will mean changes to some scheduled services.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today announced a statistical change to its classification of Network Rail as a result of changes in European accounting guidelines.

Network Rail has kickstarted its infrastructure investment plans for London and the south east for the next five years by nominating four preferred suppliers for contracts worth a total of £1.2bn.

With 67,000 people qualified to work trackside on Britain’s railways, keeping track of everyone and keeping them safe has never been so important.

Punctuality on the railways reached 84.4% during Period 9, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail.

A new CCTV and poster campaign launched today to coincide with the busy festive period aims to reduce the hundreds of incidents each year involving people slipping or falling on railway station escalators.