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Get your hard hats and hi vis at the ready! A new Snapchat filter is now available at stations along the East Coast and Midland Main Lines as Network Rail continues its bold campaign to attract new talent to the rail industry.

Our engineers will be working around-the-clock from tomorrow night (Friday, October 6) to deliver a vital phase of the Aberdeen-Inverness Improvement Project.

Residents of Bristol have been invited to attend public drop-in events in the coming weeks to find out more about upcoming work to deliver the next phase of the Filton Bank Four Tracking project, which will enable an increase in train services and reduce disruption from maintenance.

Network Rail is carrying out improvement work to the River Usk Viaduct in Newport as part of the Railway Upgrade Plan which will help accommodate growing passenger numbers.

Work began this weekend to install new track at Kelvedon that will make services from Norwich to London more reliable for the millions of people that travel on this route every year.

Passengers at one of Britain’s busiest railway stations will get a very different soundtrack to their commute on Thursday as one of Britain’s leading classical pianists plays at London Bridge.

The ScotRail Alliance will invest millions of pounds to keep people moving during autumn, as it undertakes a major push to deal with the very real safety risks caused by leaves on the line.

A £60.4m scheme to increase freight services and create a more reliable railway for passengers travelling between Ipswich and Felixstowe has been given the green light by the Secretary of State for Transport and the Port of Felixstowe.