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Plans to build a viaduct connecting Manchester’s Victoria, Oxford Road and Piccadilly stations are due to undergo public consultation from Tuesday 20 November.

Construction work has now begun on a £10m project to upgrade Newton junction. Network Rail, working with contractors Carillion, will carry out engineering work designed to improve the flexibility and efficiency of the junction and enable a smoother flow of rail traffic through Newton.

A collective cheer could be heard today as Network Rail began tearing down the unloved green canopy that has overshadowed the historic frontage of King’s Cross station since the 1970s. Once removed it will reveal, for the first time in 150 years, Lewis Cubitt’s magnificent Grade I listed Victorian station façade and London’s newest public space – King’s Cross Square.

Network Rail, ATOC and the Rail Freight group are among a group of companies and industries delighted by the successful third reading of MP Richard Ottaway’s Private Members Bill.

Network Rail is inviting public comments on plans to reduce risk to the public at the site of Warren Lane crossing in Branston.

Network Rail today responded to the Office of Rail Regulation's assessment of the company's efficiency savings made in the first three year of the current control period (CP4, 2009-2014)

Children in primary schools across the south and south west of England are to take the lead in educating classmates about staying safe on the railway.