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• A new poll has found talking about the weather is seen as the most classic British trait, ahead of drinking tea and respecting ‘the queue’.

• With autumn just around the corner and the changing seasons set to provoke even more weather chat, Network Rail is appealing to the public to help name one of its fleet of leaf-busting trains keeping Britain moving this autumn.

• Send your name nominations to NameTheLeafbuster@networkrail.co.uk or using #NameTheLeafbuster on X by Friday 20^th September.

Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has released images of the relocated Mossley Station and upgraded Greenfield Station ahead of launching a public consultation on 16 September 2024.

Scotland’s Railway and local community members gathered to mark the official opening of Dumfries station’s brand-new footbridge and lifts on Tuesday (September 3).

People living near the Northumberland Line are being warned to take extra care with more trains now running on the major upgraded route.

Buses will replace trains between Hastings, Rye and Ashford International while engineers work on the tunnel

Methilhill and Cameron Bridge will have a new active travel bridge to connect the communities later this month.

Weekend engineering work for the construction of Beaulieu Park station will continue this autumn to integrate the new transport hub for Chelmsford into the existing railway network.

Network Rail and Story Contracting have won a major Scottish Civil Engineering Award (SCEA) following the restoration of the historic Camps viaduct near Motherwell.