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Network Rail is about to begin work to install three new lifts at Tilehurst station, making it fully accessible for the first time.

Okehampton United Charities has leased seven acres of unplanted grassland to Network Rail for 35 years under a new agreement that will help protect wildlife and increase biodiversity in Devon. 

Network Rail and Great Western Railway are encouraging passengers and colleagues to take time out for a cuppa as they partner with Samaritans for its annual Brew Monday campaign.

Passengers are being urged to check before they travel between Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare, while an important railway junction is refurbished over a nine-day period later this month. 

Network Rail is thanking passengers and local residents today for their patience and understanding over the festive period while it has completed vital railway engineering work.

The completion of the £30m restoration of the iconic Barmouth Viaduct in north Wales was celebrated today (Friday 8 December) after a painstaking four-year programme of work to carefully restore the 156-year-old, grade II* listed structure, back to its former glory and protect it for generations to come.

Network Rail is launching its masterplanning process around Cardiff Central Station, which will see the comprehensive design and redevelopment of over 10 acres of railway land and the delivery of new homes.  

A community in South Wales has welcomed the reopening of the historic Seven Sisters footbridge after a £700,000 facelift by Network Rail.