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• 7-day closure from 21 to 27 February as work continues on £380m upgrade to 1970s signalling infrastructure
• Blockade approach stops back-to-back weekend closures and delivers reliability improvements quicker
• Buses will replace SWR trains during the closure

Network Rail and Netball Scotland have formed a partnership that provides a new platform to deliver rail safety messaging to help young people stay safe around Scotland’s railway.

Rail passengers are being advised of changes to journeys over nine days in February 2022 while essential engineering work takes place at Water Orton in North Warwickshire and Duddeston in Birmingham.

Network Rail will shortly begin work to remove trees and vegetation on the West Highland Line between Craigendoran and Helensburgh Upper as part of a new trial project to improve lineside biodiversity.

Passengers are being advised of changes to weekend journeys on the Wirral line later this month during essential railway bridge maintenance.

• Network Rail, GTR and Samaritans have teamed up at Stevenage station for Brew Monday (17 January)
• Volunteers offered teabags and spoke to station users about the importance of reaching out

Britain’s Got Talent contestant Nathan Wyburn’s latest artwork displayed at Network Rail stations to encourage open conversations about mental health 

• Rail industry joins with charity to encourage rail users, key workers and staff to ‘have a cuppa’ and a catch up with those they care about as annual campaign launches