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Passengers and the public across East and West Sussex will be able to have their say on proposals for a major railway upgrade to improve punctuality, speed up journey times and enable more trains to run on the Brighton Main Line.

People in Croydon will be able to have their say on proposals for a major railway upgrade – including the expansion and redevelopment of East Croydon station – after Network Rail today announced a six-week public consultation will take place in November and December.

People across the south east of England will be able to have their say on proposals for a major railway upgrade to improve punctuality, speed up journey times and enable more trains to run on one of the country’s busiest main lines.

Network Rail is holding a series of community drop-in sessions this autumn to update residents and the local community on its ongoing work to improve resilience of the railway between Dawlish and Teignmouth in Devon.

Passengers in Bristol are to benefit from more seats, quicker journey times and more frequent trains from next year, as Network Rail makes progress on the delivery of electrification to Bristol Parkway.

Following on from the recent announcement that Kerse Road in Stirling will re-open to traffic on Friday 19 October – a week earlier than anticipated, we can now confirm that the bridge will open to all traffic without restrictions.

• track, platform and signalling improvements
• paving the way for bigger, better trains with more seats for more customers in future
• part of the wider Great North Rail Project
• part of #StationsDay – celebrating the £5.2billion investment to regenerate Britain’s rail stations

Motorists cause numerous delays to passengers owing to the misuse of level crossings, with over 2,000 incidents each year, as highlighted in this week’s episode of Paddington Station 24/7.