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• Funding will be used to clear lineside vegetation, reducing the number of leaves that fall on the line
• Nine specialist track cleaning trains will be deployed every day between October and December
• South Western Railway drivers are taking part in autumn training whilst an amended timetable is in operation from October 6 to December 14

Passengers in the North West are being warned about a five-day closure of the railway in November to renew a bridge over the Leeds Liverpool Canal.

Network Rail engineers will be delivering upgrade and refurbishment works on the West Highland Line from this weekend.

• Lime Street and Edge Hill stations will be closed on 2-3 November
• Passengers can still travel to/from central Liverpool on rail replacement buses or Merseyrail network
• 21^st century signalling upgrade will mean more reliable journeys for passengers

A Network Rail signaller has been nominated for a Daily Mirror Pride of Britain award after raising more than £40,000 for Dementia UK.

A Grade II listed former luggage bridge is being lovingly restored for passengers at Worcester Shrub Hill station.

• Two-year IT transformation project involving Network Rail and partners

• One of Europe’s largest enterprise resource planning software migrations

• Savings of £2m on overhead costs alone

Network Rail’s ‘leaf-busting’ trains have started blasting leaves off the line across the West Midlands, Chiltern main line and West Coast main line to help keep passengers moving this autumn.