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• Improvements continue at Leeds station this month ahead of work to remodel the track layout between platforms 4 and 6 later this year
• Work will bring more reliable services for passengers and reduce the impact of unplanned disruption on the railway
• No trains to or from Leeds before 11:40 on Sunday 31 October - passengers reminded to check their journey
• Changes to services on Saturday 30 October and after 11:40 on Sunday 31 October

Passengers are being advised to plan their journeys in advance during work to replace a railway bridge on the Cumbrian Coast line this Halloween.

Footage has been release showing the moment a lorry REVERSES over a railway level crossing ripping off one of its barriers in the process.

Two railway workers have been hailed as heroes after saving an 81-year-old man who became stranded while picking blackberries for his wife in the Peak District.

A five-year-old boy had his wish granted by Network Rail and South Western Railway (SWR) as he got to be a train driver – or as close as a five-year-old can get!

Network Rail and The Lions Barber Collective have teamed up to help more men open up about their feelings this winter.

• Over 200 West Yorkshire school pupils have taken part in Leeds Station Safety Week
• Network Rail, British Transport Police, Northern and Leeds United Foundation ran sessions focusing on the dangers of trespass, as well as on-train and station safety
• A quarter of trespass incidents involve young people – pupils were reminded that trespassing on the railway can lead to serious and catastrophic consequences

The Levenmouth rail link project has now completed work to remove the old disused track and redundant infrastructure from the former branch line.