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His father was a railway signalman and his mother came from a mining family.

Staff at Network Rail will also be equipped with specialist kits to defrost frozen points and signals to keep the railway running safely.

The Department for Transport has promised “the biggest overhaul of our railways in a generation, including simplifying fares”.

The new network will use the European railway track width and connect seamlessly with railways across the EU.

Authorities say at least 25 people have been killed after a bomb exploded at a railway station in Pakistan's Balochistan province.