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Almost £1.2bn was invested in the railway connecting Kent and Sussex with London last year, Network Rail revealed today in its full year results for the 2013/14 financial year.

Passengers on board the 10.20 Southern service to London Bridge station got a big surprise this morning as some unusual passengers tried a new route to work.

Network Rail has launched a nationwide awareness programme targeting motorists who drive for a living. Aimed at reducing the number of incidents at level crossings involving professional drivers, the programme will include events organised by the Network Rail / South West Trains Alliance.

Network Rail has launched a nationwide awareness programme targeting motorists who drive for a living. Aimed at reducing the number of incidents at level crossings involving professional drivers, the programme will include events across the South East.

Medieval floors, 16th century tobacco pipes and thousand-year-old timbers are just a few of the hundreds of artefacts that have been unearthed and preserved by Network Rail as the £6.5billion Thameslink Programme to transform travel to and through London continues with the rebuild of London’s oldest railway station, London Bridge.

Hassocks station’s new lifts have been formally opened, marking the culmination of a two-year project to improve facilities for the travelling public.

Children and young people in Maidenhead are learning to stay safe on the railway by representatives from Network Rail, British Transport Police, First Great Western and Furze Platt Secondary School.