The next trains to arrive on Blackrod station will be blooming lovely when spring arrives. That’s because they are all planters, made by local students in conjunction with Network Rail, Arm4 and other organisations working on the station refurbishment project.

Following feedback, Network Rail is holding another public event to discuss options to close the level crossing at Moor Lane in Bingham. The work is to reduce the risk of misuse and create a safer crossing over the railway.

A collective cheer could be heard as Network Rail began tearing down the unloved green canopy that has overshadowed the historic frontage of King’s Cross station since the 1970s. Once removed it will reveal, for the first time in 150 years, Lewis Cubitt’s magnificent Grade I listed Victorian station façade and London’s newest public space – King’s Cross Square.

Children in primary schools across the south and south west of England are to take the lead in educating classmates about staying safe on the railway.

Network Rail will begin construction of the Borders Railway in early 2013 following the completion of a project transfer agreement between Network Rail and the Scottish Government.

Work is to commence this week on a £5.1m project to improve Llandudno Station in North Wales. Outline design work has already been completed for the planned refurbishment of the station which has benefited from a £3.5m Welsh Government investment including European Regional Development Fund structural funding, £1.5m from the Department for Transport’s National Stations Improvement Programme.