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A Grade II listed signal box on one of the country’s most picturesque rail routes is being refurbished to improve future journeys for passengers and freight.

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A new video has been released showing the huge progress made so far to rebuild the Bletchley flyover for the East West Rail project.

Today (Thursday 10 June) marks the one-month countdown before work starts to transform the way trains come in and out of Bristol Temple Meads.

A West Midlands-based rail industry group committed to improving customer service has appointed a new leader to help evolve and deliver improvements for passengers.

A secure ‘cycle pod’ has been created at Birmingham New Street for city centre commuters to store their bikes and interchange from cycle to train.

Network Rail engineers will shortly begin work on a £1m project to refurbish the canopy and footbridge over the railway, close to the National Trust landmark.

• A multimillion-pound project to upgrade 1980s railway equipment means no trains through Horsham for nine days this summer, and several weekends between July and October
• An extra £5m investment was announced today to improve stations, track and signalling
• Passengers travelling between Arundel and Three Bridges via Horsham, and between Horsham and Dorking are advised to check their journeys before travelling as buses will replace trains on the affected dates
• Passengers can look forward to improved stations and better, more reliable journeys following the work