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CCTV at a level crossing in Worcestershire catches the moment a person walking their dog climbed through the barriers causing a train driver to apply their brakes.

Railway engineers are working around the clock to complete major improvements across the Wigan and Southport areas, including level crossing renewals, electrification work and signalling upgrades. 

Passengers travelling on the West Coast Main Line between Birmingham and London are being urged to check their journeys on Monday due to disruption following a landslip near Rugby.

All of Birmingham New Street platforms are open to passengers after rail engineers completed a 12-month project to upgrade the station’s concrete roof.

Passengers are being advised about changes to weekend trains between Birmingham New Street and Coleshill Parkway while major HS2 work takes place in the Nechells area of Birmingham.

Network Rail is supporting HS2 engineers to move a new 84-metre-long, 1,600 tonne road bridge into position on Aston Church Road.

Budding railway enthusiasts from a specialist school for autism in Lancashire became station assistants and signallers for the day at Manchester Piccadilly station.

Engineers are investigating a fault with overhead wires at Manchester Piccadilly which means fewer trains can run on some lines through the station.

Network Rail has thanked passengers after completing major repairs to shore up a landslip on the Chiltern main line after storms and heavy rain destabilised a railway embankment in Bicester.