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

Senior members of the All Party Parliamentary Rail Group (APPG) visited the ETCS (European Train Control System) National Integration Facility (ENIF) to learn about Network Rail’s Digital Railway Programme and test Hitachi’s ETCS driving simulator.

Network Rail is urging passengers across the north west of England to check before they travel as Storm Henry approaches Britain.

Trains between Manchester and Bolton will be travelling at full speed through Farnworth Tunnel this week after engineering work took place over the weekend, paving the way for an electrified railway.

Train passengers travelling between Euston and Milton Keynes will see revised timetables this week as Network Rail engineers carry out major repairs to a railway embankment slip at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire.

Passengers and residents across north and east London are set to benefit from a major upgrade to the London Overground route between Gospel Oak and Barking as part of Network Rail's Railway Upgrade Plan.

Work to rebuild Stamford Tunnel in Lincolnshire has been completed by Network Rail ahead of schedule.

Bristol-based Network Rail apprentice, Patrick Buckle, is encouraging people to apply early as the company's popular and award-winning Advanced Apprenticeship scheme opens for applications.