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The huge machine which will build the new 270m railway tunnel at Farnworth has been officially named ‘Fillie’.

Work to upgrade the line between Clitheroe and Manchester starts this weekend and passengers are being urged to check before they travel and plan their journeys.

Sir Peter Hendy CBE joins Network Rail today as chairman.

Commenting on his arrival, Mark Carne, Network Rail chief executive, said: "I would like to give a warm welcome to Sir Peter Hendy as Network Rail’s new chairman.  I have already had the pleasure of working closely with Sir Peter in his previous role on many occasions in the last year, and I know that his immense experience will be a huge asset to the Board, to me and to the company."

A new rail siding is helping spare road and noise disruption for people living near a £250m scheme to upgrade the railway at Stafford.

Buying a coffee in Britain’s biggest and busiest railway stations just got greener thanks to a new recycling project which is turning coffee waste into fuel and helping cut the cost of running the railway.

Network Rail Consulting, the international consultancy arm of Network Rail, has been selected as part of a consultant team led by Parsons Brinckerhoff to provide integration, program delivery and program management services to the California High-Speed Rail Authority in the United States.

A new campaign urging people to keep their dogs on a lead near level crossings has been launched today by Network Rail in partnership with Dogs Trust, as it revealed there have been more than 180 incidents of near misses* between dog walkers and trains and five fatalities in the past five years.

Last Friday (26/6), the first battery-powered train to run on Britain’s rail network in more than half a century was recognised with its first industry award, picking up the prize for best “cross industry project” at the 2015 Railway Industry Innovation Awards hosted by Modern Railways at the Marriott Grosvenor Square, London.