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• Rail industry colleagues have worked together to operate a charter train in aid of Martin House Children’s Hospice.
• Passengers at the event helped to raise over £50,000 for the charity so far.
• Rail industry partners have also donated prizes to be auctioned online until Friday 9 July.

Network Rail have invested £2.6m to reduce the gap between trains and platforms at Balham station, improving safety and reducing delays. Platforms have also been refurbished with new surfaces, drainage and platform canopies repaired and repainted.

Network Rail is poised to start work on a major scheme to improve accessibility for passengers at Finsbury Park railway station – a key location on the network and a strategic interchange for services across London.

Network Rail has removed trees and vegetation near the railway line at St Madoes after a train collided with a fallen tree in May, injuring the driver and damaging the train cab.

The A6003 in Rutland, which links Oakham and Uppingham, has reopened following major work on a £2.8million project to fully reconstruct Manton bridge.

• Weekend work to upgrade the track between York and Church Fenton delivered on time
• Around 450 metres of track, sleepers and ballast replaced over two days
• A lightning strike late last night caused a signalling fault affecting first trains this morning - passengers urged to check before they travel via National Rail Enquiries.

Network Rail and Great Northern have confirmed that there will be additional weekend closures of the Northern City Line between Finsbury Park and Moorgate to enable work on the East Coast Digital Programme to remain on track.

A new station building that is part of the Kidbrooke Village development has been officially opened today by Network Rail’s chairman, Sir Peter Hendy, CBE, alongside guests from Berkeley Homes, Southeastern and the local community.