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Christmas should be a time of year when everyone can enjoy themselves and have fun. But for some festive revellers it can spell danger, as new figures from Network Rail show that alcohol related incidents during the festive period across the Anglia rail network nearly doubled last year.

December may be a time of drinks after work and Christmas parties, but one man from Southampton is urging everyone to stay safe if they’re planning on using the railway this Christmas after he barely escaped with his own life when he fell onto an electrified rail.

When 20-year-old Tommy Ramshaw went out one Friday evening last February, he told his mum he would see her later.

He never came home.

Network Rail continues its support for the prestigious Landscape Photographer of the Year competition with the opening of an exhibition of the best entries from 2016 launching at London Waterloo station this evening (Monday 21 November).

Passengers using Whitton station will now benefit from £5 million worth of upgrades at their station, after Network Rail’s route managing director, Becky Lumlock, officially marked the completion of the final phase of the upgrade – a new, fully-accessible footbridge – alongside MP for Twickenham, Dr Tania Mathias, and representatives from Richmond Borough Council, the  Rugby Football Union and South West Trains.

One of the final stages of the massive improvement scheme in Rochester comes to a close this December 3 and 4.

• Over 250 people provided with new jobs or skills
• 91 jobs for Southwark jobseekers
• 85 apprenticeships provided for people from Greater London
• 12 NVQs and 72 short courses achieved by unemployed Southwark residents
• Career advice provided to young people and jobseekers at more than 32 events

Network Rail is advising passengers to the south and west of London to plan their journeys as early as possible this Christmas. This is ahead of a programme of upgrade work taking place on the country’s rail network over the Christmas period.