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Network Rail has teamed up with Severnside Community Rail Partnership to commission five local artists and artist groups to transform the graffiti underneath Fox Park viaduct on Stapleton Road in Easton, Bristol.

Network Rail’s new, bigger sea wall at Dawlish has been named as a finalist in not one, but two categories at the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence 2021.

A stretch of railway through Oxford is continuing to support passengers who need to travel to work and is keeping vital freight moving thanks to a successful engineering project which has meant the railway has kept running during the recent flooding.

The completion of Network Rail’s £3m track upgrade will help to provide a more reliable railway for passengers in Cornwall.

In February 2014, a devastating storm struck the south Devon coastline at Dawlish cutting off the only railway line to the south west. Seven years on, a new sea wall that is being built by Network Rail is proving to be effective at protecting the railway and town from rising sea levels and extreme weather.

A team of Network Rail workers have played their part in tackling COVID-19 by volunteering to help set up the new large-scale Vaccination Centre near Exeter, Devon.

Network Rail has thanked passengers for their patience during the festive period after they today (11 January) reopened all platforms at Bristol Temple Meads station following a series of improvements to the railway across the city.

Passengers in Cornwall will benefit from a more reliable railway as Network Rail is set to deliver the biggest track upgrade in the county for over 60 years.