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Rail passengers travelling between Stafford and Rugby are being urged to ‘look before they book’ ahead of a month of weekend railway upgrades.

• New Changing Places facility at Leeds station will help those with mobility-limiting disabilities travel with confidence.
• Leeds is leading the way for better accessibility, with the most Changing Places facilities in the UK.
• Further improvements include a new accessible toilet on platform zero and staff disability awareness training throughout July.

Network Rail is assessing the full extent of structural damage following the serious fire at Troon station on Saturday, 17 July.

• Work begins on a £2.1million project to repair Aire Bridge in North Yorkshire.
• The upgrade will improve reliability along a vital freight line used by Drax Power Station during nine-day closure in August, with no impact on passenger services.
• Hirst Road level crossing, between Carlton and Hirst Courtney will be closed while the bridge is repaired.
• Track will also be renewed in Hensall, near Snaith to maximise the amount of work done in one closure.

Passengers at Liverpool Lime Street station can now get free and unlimited WiFi that is fast enough to support video calls and streaming. 

A mobile ‘vaccine van’ is offering COVID vaccinations to people at Birmingham New Street station.

Passengers are being advised about urgent repairs to Preston station’s lifts and subway after they were damaged by freak flash flooding.

Network Rail’s £800,000 project to repair and repaint three railway bridges near Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, is set to begin next week.