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The West Coast main line fully reopened at Leighton Buzzard at 4am today (5 February) after engineers successfully repaired a bank slip in six days.

Rail services on the West Line between Carlisle and Newcastle will resume on Monday, 8 February as engineers carry out the final repairs to the railway following a huge landslip in January.

After round-the-clock repairs to fix a bank slip near Leighton Buzzard, the railway is due to fully reopen on Friday.

Network Rail’s award-winning apprenticeship scheme is looking for engineers and technicians of the future to join our teams working night and day to keep trains running on one of the world’s fastest-growing railways.

Engineers from Network Rail and its contractors Costain have turned detective to tackle the challenge of fixing the damaged sea wall at Dover.

Bristol residents are reminded that Easton Road bridge will be temporarily closed next week to enable Network Rail to carry out essential preparations for electrifying the railway ahead of the arrival of a new fleet of electric trains.

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.