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A number of floods on railway lines in the Rugby, Daventry and Wolverton areas are affecting train services between London Euston and Birmingham New Street.

Chipping Sodbury residents are invited to attend a drop-in event to find out more about work that will be taking place to prepare Dodington Road bridge for the arrival of a new fleet of electric trains.

Network Rail is inviting Oxenholme residents to an information event to find out more about upcoming railway vegetation work.

Fans of the famous Flying Scotsman are being urged to keep off the tracks when the recently renovated locomotive starts its tour of the North York Moors this weekend.

Cowbridge Road Railway Bridge in Bridgend is being refurbished as part of Network Rail’s £40bn Railway Upgrade Plan to provide a bigger, better, more reliable railway for passengers.

Passengers travelling to and from Pewsey station will have an improved travelling experience after a new footbridge was installed by Network Rail and officially opened last Friday, 4 March, by Rail Minister and Devizes MP, Claire Perry.

Commuters in Anglia are being warned to take care at level crossings on their journey home from work after new figures from Network Rail revealed that across Britain, more than half of all near misses with trains at level crossings over the last five years took place during the evening rush hour with more than a fifth of these happening in Anglia.

New video footage has been released capturing a crucial element of the Network Rail project to electrify the South Wales Mainline which will provide faster, greener and more reliable journeys for passengers.