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First water fountain user at London Charing Cross. Picture centre are Network Rail's chief executive Mark Carne and Thérèse Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at DEFRA. Then L to R: South East route head of stations Ian Hanson, station manager Robert Williamson, Network Rail property director David Biggs, and assistant station manager Emmanuel Omotayo

First water fountain user at London Charing Cross is Sheila Pearce of Chislehurst. Also pictured Network Rail's chief executive Mark Carne and Thérèse Coffey MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at DEFRA

Barns Green level crossing, over Emms Lane, West Sussex

This bridge over Westdown Road, is being replaced in May, with new platforms surfaces included

Dean Farm level crossing - now closed - with a train rushing towards London. It's just outside Salfords.

A train to London rushes under the new bridge at 90mph, and over the old crossing

Children, parents and staff from Salfords School celebrate the opening of the new bridge at Dean Farm Crossing, Salfords, Surrey

Ashford International aerial - the international platforms are the middle two. Left to right: Platforms 1+2, two through lines, platforms 3+4, platforms 5+^ and then the Ashford avoiding lines (High Speed 1)