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Newly released aerial drone footage highlights Network Rail’s latest progress in linking the two sections of the £80m new bigger sea wall to protect the railway at Dawlish.

Network Rail is helping keep train services in Devon running reliably this autumn by reducing the number of leaves on the railway tracks with the help of a specially-adapted 4x4 vehicle which can travel on rails and on the road.

A multi-million pound programme will turn Bristol Temple Meads into the UK’s first ‘Station Innovation Zone’, trialling new technologies designed to upgrade passengers’ experience.

Network Rail teams from across Devon, Bristol, London and Wales enjoyed a triumphant evening at last night’s National Rail Awards scooping up a total of six awards at what is considered the ‘Railway’s Oscars’, held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.

South Gloucestershire Council and Network Rail have submitted a planning application for a new train station in Charfield.

Earlier this year, Network Rail donated a kilometre of track and sleepers to Devon-based Plym Valley Railway, alongside other rail equipment which has now been installed by the heritage line.

The railway’s favourite bear, Paddington, has returned to his beloved Platform 1 at London Paddington station.

As a result of industrial action this Saturday (8 October) Network Rail is reminding passengers in West London, Thames Valley, the West of England and across the South West, to only travel by train if absolutely necessary.