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New lifts and a new footbridge have been opened at Strood, in Kent, making the station fully accessible for the first time in its 156-year-history.

New lifts and a new footbridge have been opened at Bexleyheath, making the station fully accessible for everyone.

Network Rail engineers have successfully replaced a crucial railway junction in Sussex over the first of four weekends of improvement work to the railway between London and Brighton.

New timelapse footage from London Bridge station shows the scale of demolition work taking place underneath the platforms to create space for the station’s new street-level concourse.

Network Rail has taken emergency action to remove a damaged piece of railway where a number of key routes meet in South East London.

Network Rail has taken emergency action to remove a damaged piece of railway where a number of key routes meet in South East London.

A multi-million pound investment in the one of the country’s busiest rail lines is planned for this autumn, bringing new track, new signalling, better drainage and even a new footbridge.

A temporary footbridge has been built at Ham Street station following an incident with a young person on the footpath crossing. Video footage from the stations also shows that station users including schoolchildren regularly cross the tracks without looking or listening.