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Willingdon Trees residents are being encouraged to take part in a public vote to decide how up to £10,000 of community funding from Network Rail will be spent. Three community projects are competing for the funding as part of a Network Rail pilot project to work more closely with local communities and railway neighbours.

Network Rail and South West Trains are advising passengers to Check Before You Travel as major track upgrades at Waterloo as part of the Waterloo & South West Upgrade, and improvement works elsewhere on the network, will significantly reduce the number of trains running during two weekends in March.

• King’s Cross, Paddington and Waterloo stations record strong growth in retail sales between October-December 2016
• Rise in sales for 19^th successive quarter caps great 2016 for station retailers
• Performance reflects ongoing investment in the retail offer at London stations

Passengers given a glimpse behind the hoardings at London Bridge as the station team gears up for engineering work this Easter.

Network Rail has appointed Jason Bridges into a new key role of Chief Operating Officer for its Wessex route, which includes all services to and from Waterloo, to strengthen the daily focus on delivering a safe and reliable railway.

Passengers are advised to check before travelling on Thursday as gale force winds from Storm Doris have prompted Network Rail to put speed restrictions in place in the South East of England. As a result, there will be changes to some Southern, Southeastern and Gatwick Express services.

Hundreds of thousands of London commuters are set to benefit from a £6m flood alleviation scheme just completed by Network Rail.

Network Rail and South West Trains are giving passengers an early glimpse of how the multi-million pound re-development of the former International Terminal at Waterloo will eventually look, by using virtual reality headsets (footage available for download).