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Southern and Network Rail accept that performance on the Brighton Main Line and routes into London Bridge has not been good enough and we understand passengers' frustration when things go wrong.

• Hundreds of engineers will be deployed across the network tonight and tomorrow to monitor conditions and repair damage

• Our fleet of snow ploughs and our snow clearing train are ready to deploy to clear routes for passengers

• Limited number of services being withdrawn from noon on Wednesday when worst of the winds will strike.

The first battery-powered train to run on Britain’s rail network in more than half a century carries its first passengers this week. This marks an important milestone in the project to demonstrate the viability of an eco-friendly battery-powered train for the twenty-first century.

On 27 December thousands of passengers using King's Cross and Paddington services, many of whom were travelling home after visiting friends and family, suffered severe delays and disruption. Network Rail launched an immediate investigation into what went wrong and today publishes its findings.

Local residents and other users of Furze Platt level crossing will be learning to stay safe on the railway this week during a campaign organised by Network Rail, British Transport Police (BTP) and First Great Western. A key element of the campaign will be to inform the public that those who misuse the crossing could face prosecution.

Residents are being invited to a drop-in session to find out more about a project to replace an ageing railway bridge in the Vale of Glamorgan with a larger and improved structure, which will help improve traffic flow.

Network Rail engineers will replace part of the track to make journeys more reliable on the route between York, Church Fenton and Leeds.