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Passengers to the south and west of London will benefit from a more reliable and resilient railway thanks to Network Rail’s bank holiday upgrades completed this weekend.

Network Rail will start work to implement a permanent repair to the railway embankment between Farnham and Alton on 5 September, following the landslip at Wrecclesham that closed the railway for nearly three weeks in April this year.

Network Rail is beginning a £1.4m upgrade to extend the platforms at Camberley station this week, allowing longer trains to call at the station as part of the organisation’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

Passengers to the south and west of London are reminded to check before they travel this August bank holiday as they are set to benefit from a wide range of improvements to the line out of Waterloo as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

Passengers to the south and west of London are reminded to check before they travel this August bank holiday as they are set to benefit from a wide range of improvements to the line out of Waterloo as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

Network Rail has issued an urgent warning to level crossing users after CCTV cameras captured three young people stopping on the railway tracks at a footpath crossing in West Grimstead, just outside of Salisbury, to pose for a selfie.

Network Rail has opened a new footbridge in Wool, Dorset as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan to deliver a better, safer railway.

Network Rail has appointed Becky Lumlock as route managing director for Wessex, one of the busiest routes on the rail network which includes Britain’s busiest railway station, Waterloo, and the major commuter area to the south and west of London.