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Due to RMT strike action at Network Rail’s Thames Valley Signalling Centre on Saturday 19 and Monday 21 November, Network Rail is notifying passengers on its Western route – which covers the railway and towns and communities between Penzance and London Paddington – to expect disruption and in the affected areas to check before you travel.

Passengers at Bristol Temple Meads have donated over £4,000 to TAP for Bristol, an initiative tackling homelessness in the city, by using an electronic donation point installed at the station.

Network Rail and the British Transport Police (BTP) are issuing a safety warning following a number of concerning incidents of young children deliberately misusing a level crossing near Topsham in Devon. 

Residents in South Devon are being invited to hear an update on progress to develop revised plans to protect the iconic coastal stretch of railway between Parson’s Tunnel and Teignmouth.

Buses will replace trains for four weeks, from Monday 14 November, while Network Rail continues work to refurbish Barmouth Viaduct on vital north Wales rail link. 

• The first new station in Reading since Reading West opened on 1 July 1906
• Now due to open in early 2023

Network Rail and award-winning transport technology innovator, Whoosh, are providing QR Codes containing bespoke journey information for spectators heading to rugby union’s Autumn Internationals.

Network Rail has awarded BAM Nuttall the contract to design a series of resilience measures along the iconic coastal railway between Dawlish and Holcombe, south Devon.