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Network Rail and Great Western Railway will light up Paddington Station tomorrow as part of a national moment to ‘Light the Darkness’ on Holocaust Memorial Day.

Network Rail is about to begin work to install three new lifts at Tilehurst station, making it fully accessible for the first time.

Okehampton United Charities has leased seven acres of unplanted grassland to Network Rail for 35 years under a new agreement that will help protect wildlife and increase biodiversity in Devon. 

Network Rail and Great Western Railway are encouraging passengers and colleagues to take time out for a cuppa as they partner with Samaritans for its annual Brew Monday campaign.

Passengers are being urged to check before they travel between Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare, while an important railway junction is refurbished over a nine-day period later this month. 

Network Rail is thanking passengers and local residents today for their patience and understanding over the festive period while it has completed vital railway engineering work.

A project to transform transport links in mid Cornwall so that residents can better connect to employment, education and key services, has been given the green light by the Council’s cabinet.  

Rail passengers are being asked to plan ahead and check before they travel this festive period as Network Rail completes its annual planned railway upgrades.