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• More than a thousand name suggestions have been whittled down to just four- which will get your vote in the search for a fitting name for one of Network Rail’s leaf busting trains?

• Voting is now open at www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/can-you-help-name-one-of-our-leaf-busting-trains/, closes midnight Friday 11 October

• The winning name will feature on one of Network Rail’s fleet of leaf-busting trains as they travel Britain clearing the rails to keep the railway running this autumn

A six month project to improve a 140-year-old railway bridge over Salkeld Street, in Glasgow, has begun. 

• Engineering works to take place near East Farleigh station and at Maidstone West station 
• Between Thursday 31 October and Sunday 3 November the line is closed between Paddock Wood and Maidstone West, with buses replacing trains
• People asked to plan ahead and check before they travel

When he isn’t keeping the railway safe and moving freely, Network Rail signaller Ezra Miles is penning his thoughts down in the form of poetry.

Network Rail has demolished two bridges on the East Kilbride line as part of a £140m improvement project.

Network Rail has today provided an update on the next steps in its Botley Road programme.

East Coast Main Line passengers are being advised to plan their weekend journeys in advance this October during essential railway upgrades.

Network Rail has partnered with LNER, Northern, TransPennine Express and Ganymede to host a two-week extensive programme at Leeds station promoting careers in rail for women.