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Over 120 Network Rail workers will be giving up Christmas with their families to carry out vital upgrades to the railway in Leeds.

Network Rail has confirmed that the long-awaited £2.7million refurbishment of Middlesbrough station will begin in the spring next year.

Network Rail has completed a key milestone in a project to reconstruct Awsworth Road Bridge in Ilkeston.

Network Rail and The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre visited Joyce Frankland Academy in Newport, Essex on Tuesday, 13 December, to perform their hard-hitting ‘Off the Level’ production and teach students about railway safety.

Transport Minister Humza Yousaf visited the Millerhill depot recently to see the ongoing work to provide stabling facilities for the new fleet of class 385 electric trains which will be introduced across many Scottish  routes over the next two years.

Network Rail, Northern and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) are working together to deliver major upgrades in and around Bolton railway station.

Network Rail project manager, Gary Desmond, from Benfleet, Essex is about to work his 16^th Christmas, delivering important upgrades to make the railway more reliable for the increasing number of passengers who travel from Southend to London Liverpool Street.

Network Rail is appealing to anglers who use a level crossing to access a reservoir in south Warwickshire to help tackle reports of misuse.