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Network Rail engineers have restarted work at the site of a landslip in Baildon.

£60m is going to be spent improving drainage on the rail network in Yorkshire and the North East to help prevent major disruption brought to passengers by landslips and heavy rain, and to increase safety.

Upgrade work to two level crossings in Warden and Upper Denton on the Newcastle to Carlisle rail route will mean temporary closures of the crossings with diversions in place for road users and changes to train services between 21 April and 27 April.

Leeds City station visitors and photography lovers can view an exhibition of stunning British landscape photography as part of a nationwide tour.

Network Rail has appointed a new Route Director on its North & East route who will be responsible for running the railway in Yorkshire and the North East of England.

New images have been released showing what Haxby’s new multimillion pound station could look like after the submission of a planning application, bringing the reconnection of the town and neighbouring areas to the UK rail network a step closer.

Network Rail engineers have completed a mammoth nine-day programme of engineering work at the UK’s only sliding canal bridge in Keadby, near Scunthorpe.

Network Rail teams are making progress in their efforts to reopen the railway line through Baildon after a landslip caused it to close in early February.