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Network Rail’s electrical control systems are to be overhauled and brought together under a new contract, changing the way the railway manages its power.

The first stage of work to connect two rail tunnels to the national network will take place this weekend in a development which will transform the shape of rail services in the south of England.

The largest-ever rail enhancement scheme in Wales has moved another step closer to completion as Network Rail switches on a brand new signalling system to control trains between Cardiff and the Rhymney valley.

For the first time in almost ten years, a network of tunnels underneath Birmingham New Street station has been opened by Network Rail to allow West Midlands Fire Service to conduct a live training exercise.

Improvements at a key railway interchange in south London have been formally unveiled by minister for transport, Norman Baker MP.

Passengers will soon benefit from better access at Manchester Oxford Road station thanks to a £1.8m investment to provide new lifts and reopen a subway at the station.

Pedestrians wishing to cross the railway line at Ballast Hole in Lincolnshire now have a safer, alternative route after Network Rail engineers installed a new footpath linking Ballast Road crossing and nearby Doddington Road crossing.

Full passenger rail services have resumed between Newark and Nottingham this morning (Monday 9 September).