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Newport residents are invited to attend a drop-in event to find out more about the work that will soon be taking place to prepare Somerton Road bridge for the electrification of the railway between London and Swansea.

A level crossing near Wrexham has been officially closed as part of Network Rail’s commitment to improving safety on the railway.

Network Rail has teamed up with the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) to help keep farmers and their workers safe at level crossings at harvest time.

Network Rail has teamed up with the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) to help keep farmers and their workers safe at level crossings at harvest time.

Network Rail is continuing to improve level crossings between Wrexham and Chester as part of work to provide a safer and more reliable railway for passengers and communities on the north Wales border.

Network Rail has completed work to replace an ageing bridge over the railway in the Vale of Glamorgan with a larger and improved structure, which will help improve traffic flow.

Three newborn osprey chicks have been busy feathering their nest following a fifth successful year of hatchings for a conservation project in mid Wales.

A new campaign urging people to keep their dogs on a lead near level crossings has been launched today by Network Rail in partnership with Dogs Trust, as it revealed there have been more than 180 incidents of near misses* between dog walkers and trains and five fatalities in the past five years.