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Network Rail is reminding farmers and farmworkers of the importance of level crossings safety as they gather their crops this harvest.

Network Rail has awarded framework contracts worth a combined £250m for the delivery of building and civils work on the Scotland and London North Eastern routes.

Network Rail has today published new and updated information on its online transparency portal. This includes a film which aims to better explain how a delay to one train can have knock-on delays to others, and how the industry works to get services back to normal after an incident has taken place.

A nine-day part-closure of London Bridge railway station begins this Saturday, with no First Capital Connect or Southern trains calling at the station until Monday, 1 September.

Visitors to London Paddington station can listen to the statues of The Unknown Soldier and Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the first time.

Six secondary school students have been getting a roof-raising experience by visiting the £44m redevelopment at Manchester Victoria station. The tour was part of their prize of two weeks paid work experience, after winning Network Rail's Could IT Be You? competition to encourage more young women into technology careers.

Britain’s first battery-powered train is being put through its paces in a series of on-track trials – a move which could ultimately lead to a fleet of battery-powered trains running on Britain’s rail network which are quieter and more efficient than diesel-powered trains, making them better for passengers and the environment.

The story of the vital role Britain’s rail network and its staff played in World War One is told in a roving exhibition launched this weekend at London Waterloo station.