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A project to reconnect two quarries with the main Settle to Carlisle railway at Horton in Ribblesdale will reach a major milestone this weekend when the new line is connected to the existing network.

A Gateshead road bridge will be replaced as part of Network Rail’s plans to upgrade the railway in the North East.

Passengers in Kent are being urged to check before travelling over the Christmas period as a major programme of improvement work on the railway at London Bridge means that train services will be subject to planned changes.

Passengers are being urged to check before travelling over the Christmas period as a major programme of improvement work on the railways in London this Christmas means that train services will be disrupted over the holiday period – including to Gatwick Airport. As a result, passengers travelling to and from the airport are being advised to allow more time for their journey.

Passengers are being urged to check before travelling over the Christmas period as a major programme of improvement work on the railway means that train services between London and Sussex – including Gatwick Airport – will be disrupted over the holiday period. As a result, passengers travelling to and from the airport are being advised to allow more time for their journey.

A stunning image of a freight train curving through the countryside as it approaches a sun-lit Ribblehead Viaduct in North Yorkshire, has won the Network Rail ‘Lines in the Landscape’ Award at this year’s Take a view - Landscape Photographer of the Year competition.

At a public meeting chaired by Maria Caulfied MP, Network Rail has this evening announced plans to remove the Plumpton level crossing gates and replace them with a safe 21^st century solution in order to reopen the road by mid-November.

Newport residents are invited to attend a drop-in event to find out more about the work that will soon be taking place to prepare Cardiff Road bridge for the electrification of the railway between London and Swansea.