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Lincoln’s latest cohort of students have been taught a lesson in rail safety, after worrying CCTV footage shows a man stumble across a level crossing.

Rail services between King's Lynn, Cambridge and London King's Cross will return to their usual schedules from tomorrow, Wednesday 5 October, following completion of work to repair track defects caused by the recent heatwave.

Network Rail welcomed Central Scotland MSP, Graham Simpson, to the site of a new bridge that will be installed under the West Coast Main Line at Motherwell to hear first-hand about progress on the work to date.

Scotland’s Railway has launched its autumn treatment programme to remove leaves and debris from the tracks and help keep passengers safe on the rails this autumn.

Rail passengers are being advised of changes to journeys over nine days in October during major Trent Valley line upgrade work.

A fleet of ‘leaf-busting’ trains are now blasting leaves off the line to help keep passengers and freight moving across the North West this autumn.

A special fleet of ‘leaf-busting’ trains have started blasting leaves off the line to help keep passengers and freight moving across the West Midlands and Chiltern main line this autumn.

Network Rail is inviting residents in the Frome area to attend a drop-in session tomorrow (Tuesday 4 October) to find out more about the refurbishment of a railway bridge in the town, which takes place later this year alongside essential track maintenance.