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International street artist Jimmy C has turned a wall near London Blackfriars station into a window to the London skyline.

A plaque in honour of Asquith Xavier, the pioneer for black equality who successfully broke the racist ‘colour bar’ at Euston station over 50 years ago, was unveiled in Chatham in Medway, on Thursday 24th September.

• Rail Wellbeing Live on 4^th/5^th November set to be industry’s biggest ever free wellbeing event
• Aims to ‘revolutionise’ thinking around health and wellbeing in rail industry
• More than 140 speakers and 80 pick ‘n’ mix sessions across 2 day virtual event.

Network Rail has completed an £800,000 replacement of the footbridge at Westgate-on-Sea station with stepped access between the station’s two platforms over the tracks of the Chatham Main Line.

Passengers from three stations in West and East Sussex can now get on and off the full length of longer Southern trains thanks to platform extensions built by Network Rail and funded by the Department for Transport.

Over £500k has been invested at Aldrington station to improve the platforms; resulting in safer and easier access for passengers to and from trains.

Denmark Hill passengers can look forward to less crowding  within the station and a more reliable train service as £7.5m upgrade plans get underway from September. 

Work to prepare for an upgrade to the track through Ashtead station and level crossing in Surrey starts next week, with work taking place every night.