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Network Rail signallers are poised to welcome trains on the new East West Rail route between Oxford and Milton Keynes using some of the latest technology to help make rail journeys reliable.

Passengers are benefitting from an upgrade to the large expanses of glazing at both ends of Stoke-on-Trent station.

People travelling on the West Coast Main Line are being urged to continue to check their journeys following damage to overhead line equipment in Warwickshire. 

Passengers travelling over the festive period are strongly urged to plan their journeys in advance as major rail upgrades mean Euston station is expected to be much busier than usual from Christmas Eve, into the New Year.

Covert crime-busting kit is being used to track down metal thieves who cause major delays to passengers and freight on the West Coast main line – Europe’s busiest mixed use railway.

Bakerloo line and London Overground passengers are being advised of essential railway upgrades which will impact journeys over six days at the beginning of August.  

Bakerloo line and London Overground passengers are being advised of essential railway upgrades which will impact journeys over six days in August.  

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