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A bald man with a close cut grey beard, white shirt and orange fleecy top looks off to the left of the camera. He is standing in front of a train.

Trains fitted with 'leaf-busting' brake system

Tests show it can stop a train on slippery rails in half the distance of older equipment.

A dark blue Southeastern class 375 train passing through Wye station in Kent

Rail operator announces extra trains from December

An extra 220 Southeastern trains will be operating every week, made up of 44 new services per day.

An orange sign on a shelter at Paddock Wood train station which has a calendar on, in different colours (white, red and purple) telling passengers what trains will and won't be running

Partial four-day railway line closure begins

A 200m wall will be built along the railway near Teston, between East Farleigh and Wateringbury.

A Southeastern class 466 train leaving a station

Railway line re-opens after fire on passenger train

Southeastern closed the line between Ashford International and Maidstone East on Tuesday.

Two burnt out cars sit underneath a railway bridge. Both have suffered extensive damage and look completely destroyed. The van is parked a few feet away and has suffered fire damage, although it is less severe.

Rail delays ongoing day after three-car crash fire

National Rail expects services across the West Midlands to be affected until 21:00 BST.

A Southeastern class 465 train at Ashford International station

Train operator introduces autumn timetable

Southeastern says that some trains will leave earlier between 13 October and 14 December.

A Thameslink train arriving at Abbey Wood station

Trains disrupted due to a shortage of train crew

Multiple routes would be disrupted until the end of service on Saturday, the operator said.

A fire near railway tracks. It is small but has thick black smoke coming from the bright orange flames.

Repairs see trains disrupted after fire near track

Engineers are working to repair overhead lines damaged by the blaze.

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A damaged telegraph pole to the right of the picture shows the wires it carries coming close to the overhead wires above a railway line through the countryside

Damaged telegraph pole leads to rail disruption

National Rail say repair work is under way but warned delays may last until the end of the day.