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Shocking CCTV shows distracted Brits risking it all at pedestrian level crossings, warns Network Rail
- Over the past four years there have been 1,574 reported near miss incidents across the railway network involving pedestrians at level crossings. During that period, incidents have increased on average by 16% from April to May
- “The consequences of a split-second decision can be life-altering,” says Lucy Ruck who lost her leg in a level crossing incident
Network Rail engineers gear up for £133m investment in Britain's railway this May
Network Rail is set to undertake more than 630* projects across Britain's railway during the early and late May Bank holidays. These projects are designed to keep the majority of the network open for travel as usual while making significant improvements to the railway infrastructure.
National & regional news
Artistic trees replace graffiti at park entrance
Autumn leaves add a touch of reality to trees painted on a bridge over the railway line between Bournville and Kings Norton stations.
New freight line officially opened
Nuneaton North Chord, Britain’s newest freight railway line, has been officially opened by transport minister Rt Hon Simon Burns MP.
Digbeth put on photographic map
Newcastle-upon-Tyne may be famous for its five bridges but Digbeth has been put on the photographic map with five arches.
Rowing boat and railway image takes top prize in national photography competition
An image of the 08:30 rail service from Hamworthy speeding through the beautiful Holes Bay at Poole in Dorset, as a small, wrecked rowing boat rests in the foreground, has won the Network Rail Lines in the Landscape award as part of the Take a View Landscape Photographer of the Year competition.
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