Buckinghamshire Council has secured funding to improve the trackbed of a former railway line so that it is suitable as a walking, wheeling, and cycling cross-town link in Buckingham.
In January, Network Rail will start a major renewal of the Sizewell branch line in Suffolk in connection with the construction of Sizewell C power station.
Brian Terry, who lives in South East Newcastle, has become the first train driver to complete the Northumberland training programme.