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A plaque has been unveiled at Kettering railway station to mark Network Rail’s win of ‘Best Overall Entry’ at the 2022 National Railway Heritage Awards.

Vital work on the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade is set to resume as improvements to the railway line between Manchester and Sheffield advance. As a result of these developments, train services will not run between Sheffield and New Mills stations on both Sunday 5^th and Sunday 12^th November.

• Network Rail reminds parents and children to be safe around the railway over the half term holiday
• Warning comes as the number of near misses between pedestrians and trains at level crossings on the rail network soar to record levels
• New video compilation stresses the importance of leading by example, highlighting instances of parent and child level crossing misuse

Railway workers from the Wigan to Bolton electrification upgrades have swapped track for trowels to help out at a community garden in Hindley.

• J Murphy and Sons Ltd awarded £93.4 million contract to build Cambridge South station.
• Passengers will benefit from quicker and easier access to the city’s biomedical campus – Europe’s largest centre of medical research and health science.
• New station will support 300 new construction jobs and forms part of the proposed East-West Rail route, which aims to unlock £103 billion of economic growth.

Network Rail is issuing a reminder to the public warning them of the dangers of misusing level crossings and trespassing in a new safety campaign launched across Network Rail in the south of England.

Network Rail is thanking customers and local residents for their patience and understanding following a five-day closure of the Heart of Wessex line between Yeovil Pen Mill and Weymouth while engineers completed key upgrades to bring smoother and more reliable journeys for customers.

Several railway lines in the north and north-east of Scotland will remain closed tomorrow (Saturday 21 October) due to extreme weather caused by Storm Babet.