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A giant crane lifted two new bridges into place at Warrington Bank Quay station this Easter to make future rail journeys more reliable for passengers and freight.

A huge civil engineering project to build two new routes underneath the busy Chiltern main line has been completed this Easter.

A range of improvements designed to improve the experience for passengers at King’s Cross has been topped off this week with the introduction of unlimited free WiFi throughout the station.

Passengers are benefitting from more reliable step-free access at Macclesfield station after a major overhaul of its lifts.

A footpath crossing of the main London-Tonbridge railway in countryside near Hildenborough is being closed by Network Rail today (Thursday) as an emergency, after a survey of the crossing revealed much higher usage than expected.

A customer services assistant at Birmingham New Street station is inspiring other autistic people like him to find a route into their dream career.

• SignLive enables deaf or hearing-impaired passengers to keep up to date with station announcements, no matter the time of day
• RoomMate is an electronic, wall mounted device that provides blind and visually impaired passengers with a bespoke audio description in an accessible toilet

• Network Rail completes major project to fully refurbish the lifts at Derby station
• Lift at Pride Park entrance reopened today (Thursday 1 April)
• Lift at main entrance reopened for passengers in November
• Passengers urged to continue following government guidance and keep journeys to a minimum