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• Network Rail teams up with best-selling Adventures on Trains authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman to inspire the next generation aboard a Porterbrook hybrid train – the HydroFLEX.

• Primary schoolchildren from Glasgow will join the authors, along with engineers from Network Rail and Porterbrook, for a fun-packed literary journey where they can learn about the secrets of storytelling and how technology is powering rail’s green revolution in Britain.

• The event will mark Transport Day at COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, on Wednesday, 10 November.

• Improvements continue at Leeds station this weekend ahead of work to remodel the track layout between platforms 4 and 6 later this year
• No trains to or from Leeds before 11:40 on Sunday 31 October with changes to services over the weekend - passengers reminded to check their journey
• Additional changes for passengers between Leeds and Huddersfield on Sunday 7 November as essential signalling upgrades take place

Network Rail’s air operations team have successfully flown a drone Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for 25 kilometres over dry land – believed to be the furthest such civilian drone flight in Britain.

Passengers are reminded to plan ahead as long-term improvements will be delivered over five days between Southampton and Bournemouth starting on Monday 1 November.

Passengers travelling between Three Bridges and Gatwick Airport are advised to check before they travel this weekend as Network Rail continues work on a major upgrade of the Brighton Main Line.

Scotland’s Railway is asking passengers to check before travelling as forecast severe weather will mean speed limits and reduced services on some routes between Wednesday and Friday (October 27-29).

Rail passengers travelling on the West Coast main line between England and Scotland and on Cumbrian branch lines are being warned of major travel disruption due to very wet weather.

Network Rail and GWR are trialling a new information service designed to provide passengers with more enhanced travel information about train services during delays and disruption.