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The Transpennine Route Upgrade are encouraging passengers to check before they travel as engineers complete five days of work across the Transpennine Route. 

Network Rail will be carrying out major upgrades to the Midland Main Line across four weekends in February and March resulting in some changes to East Midlands Railway (EMR) and Thameslink services.

CCTV at a level crossing in Worcestershire catches the moment a person walking their dog climbed through the barriers causing a train driver to apply their brakes.

Passengers are being advised that changes are being made to walking routes at Darlington station as major improvement work continues.

The old footbridge at Port Glasgow station was successfully removed over the course of the weekend (9-12 February).

Network Rail teams are working around the clock at the site of a landslip in Baildon to reinstate train services as quickly as possible.

Railway engineers are working around the clock to complete major improvements across the Wigan and Southport areas, including level crossing renewals, electrification work and signalling upgrades. 

Network Rail has thanked passengers after completing major repairs to stabilise a railway embankment on the West Coast main line after storms and heavy rain caused a landslip between Coventry and Rugby on Sunday (11 February).