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The heaviest freight train ever to run on the West Coast main line has made its debut journey from the Peak District to London with essential construction materials.

Plans to extend a rockfall shelter that will protect the only railway line into the south west for the next 100 years, have today (Friday 19 March) received confirmation of government funding.

Communities and passengers in Devon are to benefit from the reopening of the railway between Okehampton and Exeter as a result of the Government’s ‘Restoring your Railway’ initiative.

Network Rail engineers will be raising Black Bridge, near Machynlleth, by one metre to lift it out of the flood zone.

New data has revealed there was a shocking 40% increase in youth trespass incidents in South East London, Surrey and Sussex after the region emerged from the first national lockdown.

Network Rail will replace a historic railway bridge in Reading this weekend (20 March) to allow trains to run at full speed again.

• Station improvements completed by Network Rail also include new ticket office, gatelines and customer information screens
• Large, modern ticket halls and new lifts at West Ealing and Ealing Broadway stations due to be ready for customers shortly

A detailed study will start in May to find out why railway lines and people’s homes keep flooding in Lancashire.