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Work to complete the transformation of Moorfields station has been rescheduled after a three week extension was required to complete the first platform upgrade.

Overgrown trees, bushes and litter on a patch of land near Kettering railway station have been cleared as part of a project to improve community safety in the area.

Work has started on a £5million project to link two quarries near Horton in Ribblesdale with the Settle to Carlisle railway line, a move which will help remove up to 16,000 lorry journeys from the local road network.

A new campaign urging people to keep their dogs on a lead near level crossings in the West Midlands and north west of England has been launched by Network Rail in partnership with Dogs Trust.

The long-awaited opening dates for Birmingham New Street station and Grand Central have been confirmed.

Tens of thousands of tons of earth can be safely transported within a major rail development site near Stafford and kept off local roads after engineers completed the construction of a new bridge.

Major work to replace the railway bridge at Orphanage Road in Watford will start in February as essential improvements to provide a better, more reliable railway for passengers on the West Coast Main Line continues.

People from Aylesbury to Princes Risborough will have the opportunity to give their views on how railway crossing safety can be improved in their area by attending public consultation events on January 21 and 28.