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Rail passengers and road users in Metheringham are travelling over four improved level crossings and 19 miles of new signalling after engineers completed the latest phase of investment to modernise the Great Northern Great Eastern (GNGE) line between Peterborough and Doncaster via Lincoln.

Passengers using Carlisle station are benefitting from a £1.8 million investment to provide step-free access to platforms for the first time.

Network Rail Consulting has appointed Philip Chalk as director of asset management and maintenance - ANZ, with a focus on developing its consultancy business in New Zealand.

A crucial part of Rochester’s new station will be slid almost 40 metres on a bed of air this Easter as part of a £147m scheme to improve the railway through the Medway Towns.

Work will start later this year to increase the frequency of trains between Barnt Green and Redditch and redevelop the station at Alvechurch to provide a better railway for passengers.

Passengers will soon benefit from better access at Birchwood station thanks to a £2million investment to provide step free access to all platforms for the first time.

A team from Network Rail’s East West Rail programme are visiting schools in Bedford, Bletchley and Bicester to help children and young people in the local areas understand railway safety.

The line between Rose Grove and Colne has reopened after improvement work was carried out to provide a better railway for passengers.