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Network Rail is reminding farmers and farmworkers of the importance of level crossings safety as they gather their crops this harvest.

Local residents and other users of Furze Platt level crossing will be learning to stay safe on the railway during a campaign organised by Network Rail and British Transport Police (BTP).

Network Rail has awarded framework contracts worth a combined £250m for the delivery of building and civils work on the Scotland and London North Eastern routes.

A new footbridge has been opened over the railway near Petersfield in Hampshire, marking a notable success for the Network Rail / South West Trains Alliance level crossing programme.

Network Rail has today published new and updated information on its online transparency portal. This includes a film which aims to better explain how a delay to one train can have knock-on delays to others, and how the industry works to get services back to normal after an incident has taken place.

Network Rail’s £45m project to upgrade the line between Swindon and Kemble was successfully completed over the bank holiday weekend, paving the way for greater capacity, reduced journey times and a better experience for passengers.

The West Coast main line reopened on time today (26 August) after Network Rail completed the third successive weekend of upgrade work at Watford.

Passengers planning to travel between Birmingham New Street, Wolverhampton, Stafford and Telford over the bank holiday weekend are being urged to check before they travel as upgrade work on the rail network will mean changes to train services.