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As part of a joint investment with Northern, the new wheel lathe at the Allerton TrainCare Centre will make train maintenance more efficient.

Passengers travelling between Birmingham and Kidderminster are being warned of changes to services this weekend while essential track maintenance work takes place.

Volunteers from Network Rail are working with the Butterfly Conservation in Buckinghamshire to help protect a rare species of butterfly.

Passengers travelling between High Wycombe and Wembley are being warned of changes to services over the next two weekends while essential track maintenance work takes place.

Network Rail signallers are poised to welcome trains on the new East West Rail route between Oxford and Milton Keynes using some of the latest technology to help make rail journeys reliable.

A normal timetable has been restored on the West Coast Main Line between Tamworth and Nuneaton after successfully installing a prop to an overhead line structure.

Network Rail is working with community groups to clean up an area in Preston that has been blighted by fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour.

• Julien Dehornoy joins Network Rail from Keolis Downer, Australia.
• Joining in April 2025, Julien will be the new deputy regional managing director for the North West & Central Region (NW&C).
• The new role is an intent to bring in new thinking and expertise to prepare the industry for track and train integration as part of Great British Railways.