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• East Coast Main Line passengers are urged to check before they travel due to pioneering digital signalling testing this August bank holiday.
• No long-distance trains will operate between St Neots and London King's Cross from 8pm on Saturday 24 to 8am on Monday 26 August.
• It’s part of continuing work on the £1.4bn East Coast Digital Programme.

Stroud station footbridge is set for renovation with Network Rail about to begin work in the Gloucestershire town. 

New figures released by Network Rail reveal that animals trespassed 246 times in the Wales & Western region in the 12 months to March 2024, ranging from sheep at one end of the scale to cats, foxes and even a solitary badger.

• Deers top the list of criminal animals that most frequently trespass on the railway
• But people are by far the worst offender
• Over the last year animals trespassed four times a day; people, every half-an-hour!

• Deer top the list of criminal animals that most frequently trespass on the railway
• But people are by far the worst offender
• Over the last year animals trespassed four times a day; people, every half-an-hour!

Have you got a fantastic idea to boost your community but need some cash to make it happen? Well, the TRU Community Fund might be the answer that you’re looking for.

Thousands of excited revellers will pass through Reading and London Paddington stations this week ahead of Reading Festival, which takes place from Friday 23 August – Sunday 25 August, and Notting Hill Carnival, held in west London on Sunday 25 August and Monday 26 August.

New photo-realistic pictures have been released to show what the inside of Darlington station will look like for passengers once its multi-million-pound revamp is complete.