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People across Essex, Havering, Southend and Thurrock are being invited to a series of consultation events to see Network Rail’s initial plans to potentially close or change the use of 61 level crossings across the region by altering the public Rights of Way network.

People across Hertfordshire are being invited to a consultation event in Harlow to see Network Rail’s initial plans to potentially close or change the use of 9 level crossings across the county by altering the public Rights of Way network.

People across Suffolk are being invited to three consultation events in Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket and Ipswich to see Network Rail’s initial plans to potentially close or change the use of 30 level crossings across the county by altering the public Rights of Way network.

Network Rail’s work to secure the future of the railway line between Exeter and Newton Abbot has reached the next important milestone, as the company employs the use of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), also known as a drone, to help inform the options for improving the area’s resilience.

Fans of the famous Flying Scotsman steam locomotive are being urged to keep off the tracks and enjoy a safe day out when the recently renovated engine begins tours of the south east from London next week.

Passengers heading through Oxenholme, Cumbria, are being urged to check before they travel over the spring bank holiday weekend as Network Rail's orange army continues its railway upgrade.

Passengers heading through the Stafford area over the spring bank holiday are being urged to check before they travel as work takes place to complete the £250m railway upgrade between Stafford and Crewe.

Passengers travelling through Worcestershire between June and August are advised to check before they travel as Network Rail carries out essential work to upgrade the rail network in the area.