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Volunteers from Network Rail have helped carry out essential track maintenance on the East Lancashire Railway.

The new Thanet Parkway station will open to passengers on 31 July, improving rail connectivity between East Kent, London and the wider region by providing access to mainline and highspeed train services.

Virtual reality headsets are to be used in West Midlands schools to teach children about railway safety to reduce the number of trespass incidents.

Latest figures show more than 2,000 people have risked their lives trespassing on North West rail routes in the last year.

As the school summer holidays approach, the mother of a young boy who was electrocuted by overhead power cables is calling for children to be taught about rail safety as a matter of urgency. 

Billion-pound plans to improve rail travel to and from London have progressed further with critical work taking place over the weekend to prepare for a digital future.

Network Rail has applied for listed building consent to make the station easier to access for passengers.

For nine days engineers on Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) have worked around the clock, bringing passengers closer to a fully accessible station.