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This World Habitat Day (Monday 2 October), Network Rail is celebrating a partnership with Natural England and Somerset Wildlife Trust that’s working to restore and enhance the habitat for a rare butterfly, the Large Blue, at Welham Cutting in Somerset. 

Network Rail is thanking passengers for their patience and understanding today after the completion of work to renew the track inside the historic Dinmore Tunnel on the Marches line.  

Network Rail is reminding passengers that buses will replace trains on the Ebbw Vale line on Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October as work on the £70m upgrade enters its final stage.  

Following an increase in railway trespass incidents in the vicinity of the Portway based football club, Network Rail has worked with the sports facility to implement measures to keep the balls on the pitch. 

Brand new rail services are set to be launched on one of South Wales’ key lines, almost doubling the number of travel options.

Network Rail has announced that the road underneath Botley Road bridge in Oxford is to remain closed until October 2024, after a number of unique challenges delayed the project this summer. 

This weekend Network Rail will begin the core phase of work to change the way the railway is run in Cornwall.

• Registration has opened for the biggest free wellbeing event for the rail industry, Rail Wellbeing Live (RWL) 
• Dates announced as 7-9 November  
• Over 40 pick ‘n’ mix sessions to choose from, all free to attend 
• Evening sessions for night shift workers