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With Easter fast approaching, passengers are reminded not to put all their eggs in one basket and make sure they plan ahead before travelling as Network Rail carries out essential railway upgrades this bank holiday weekend

Willingdon Trees community centre and its members are set to benefit from a £10,000 funding boost from Network Rail. 

From moving record numbers of passengers on Victorian infrastructure to rebuilding major railway stations, Network Rail and US railway company Amtrak have much in common.

Bolina Road reopened to the public following a major transformation by the Network Rail team working on the Bermondsey Dive Under, a vital new piece of infrastructure in south London.

Passengers will soon benefit from a more reliable railway after Network Rail completed the first of several track upgrades at Guildford station, taking place in April and May.

A spectacular new mural welcoming people to the Ladywell area of Lewisham has been completed on Friday (31 March) thanks to a partnership involving Network Rail, Lewisham Council and local residents.

• Network Rail supports around 39,547 local jobs in the South East and last year £1.94 billion was spent with 646 local businesses
• Southeastern employs more than 4,000 people and has raised more than £23,000 for local charity the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust
• Improvements being delivered in the South East include: the Thameslink Programme –which is building a new station at London Bridge; a new station building at Strood in Kent; a new platform at Redhill, and better journey times between Ramsgate and Ashford
• Improvements already delivered since 2014 include a completely new station in Rochester, Kent and new signalling through the Medway Towns
• £100 million is spent every single week by Network Rail on improving the railway in Britain

Network Rail has completed work to extend platforms at Sunningdale station, as part of the £800 million Waterloo & South West Upgrade to increase capacity into Waterloo by 30% by the end of 2018.