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4,400 solar panels are being installed on the rolof of Blackfriars station (part of the Thameslink Programme)

Transport Secretary Justine Greening and Network Rail group finance director Patrick Butcher at visit to Track and Train rail industry scheme induction

Congestion relief: The first longer 12-carriage train is tested at Leagrave station. The 8-carriage train in service alongside shows the step-change in capacity that will be delivered.

While the majority of workers were able to access the bridge using scaffolding, a team of abseilers was employed throughout to undertake work in hard to reach locations.

Mark Hunter MP together with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council colleagues at the entrance to one of three new lifts at Cheadle Hulme station. l-r Mark Hunter MP; Cllr Lenny Grice, chair of planning and highways; Cllr Stuart Bodsworth, executive member for children and young people; Ian Roberts, executive councillor for transport.