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Volunteer collectors will be in Network Rail managed stations in London, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester over the coming week, helping to raise funds for the Royal British Legion’s (RBL) London and City Poppy Days.

Work to complete the new fourth platform at Manchester Airport station will resume in January as Network Rail begins to install the new track and signalling.

As part of a programme of rail improvements in Lincolnshire to improve safety and train performance, the level crossing at Spalding is being closed from Monday, 3 November.

Network Rail is to transform Britain’s busiest station into a multimedia art gallery this December, as London Waterloo plays host to the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards exhibition.

The railway line from London to Norwich is set to benefit from a major package of upgrades worth £170m next year, providing a better, more reliable railway for passengers.

Passengers travelling to and through London Bridge station are being urged to find out more about changes to their train services starting this Christmas, with major long-term alterations to some routes from January.

Local residents are invited to find out more about the electrification of the railway through Bath city centre by attending the second in a series of monthly drop-in events.

Network Rail has today welcomed the second report by Sir David Higgins on the future of high speed rail in Britain, which reinforces the strategic case for creating additional capacity on the rail network and improving connectivity across the North and the Midlands, as well as the north-south links to London.