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UK's first permanent Big Issue vendor pitch inside a station. Pictured: Rebecca Richards, Euston station support assistant, David Manso, Big Issue Vendor and Stephen Robertson, CEO of The Big Issue Foundation

We are renewing the track and signalling on Europe’s busiest mixed traffic railway through Watford Junction to provide a better, more reliable resilient railway.

photos showing damage to rail following spoil heap slip

Class 313 off its bogies at Alstom's Wembley depot, awaiting ERTMS fitment for use on the Hertford Network Integration Facility

For the first time in half a century, passengers can pass through the concourse at King’s Cross station bathed in natural daylight after the first section of the new roof was unveiled.

The first next generation trains (8 and 12 cars) will enter service from 2014, more will be gradually added will a full fleet in service by the end of 2016.

Boy jumps over barrier at Llanelli level crossing