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Network Rail is urging passengers in Yorkshire to check before they travel on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November as vital improvement work continues to create the first new platform at Leeds station in nearly 20 years.

Network Rail is inviting residents in the Huddersfield area and across the wider region to view the latest online proposals for major upgrades to the railway between Huddersfield and Westtown (Dewsbury).

A pedestrian, who was wearing headphones when using a footpath level crossing in East Yorkshire, had his pet dog to thank as he narrowly escaped being hit by a train.

Passengers in the Calder Valley are being advised about changes to rail journeys next month during essential upgrade work to an 180-year-old viaduct designed by railway pioneer George Stephenson.

Multi-million pound bridge upgrades are taking place on the Settle to Carlisle line in North Yorkshire to make the railway more reliable for passengers and freight.

Network Rail and Northern are advising passengers that use the Esk Valley Line to check before they travel from Saturday 19 September to Monday 28 September due to planned railway improvement works.

Network Rail has installed anti-trespass signs in Sleights to remind walkers not to trespass on Thistle Grove railway bridge, after 23 incidents have been caught on camera in the area since May. 

Network Rail is urging cyclists and pedestrians to use level crossings safely, after shocking CCTV footage shows people recklessly misusing a crossing in East Yorkshire.