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Network Rail engineers have agreed a plan to repair a 500,000-tonne land slip which has forced closure of part of the much-loved Settle to Carlisle railway line.

Residents in Royal Wootton Bassett are reminded that Marlborough Road/Broad Town bridge will be temporarily closed from Sunday 6 March to enable Network Rail to carry out work in preparation for the arrival of a new fleet of electric trains.

Passengers across the south are set to benefit from their share of one of the biggest investment programmes ever carried out on Britain’s rail network at Easter.

Network Rail - in partnership with the Department for Transport, Warrington Borough Council and First TransPennine Express - has completed work to make Birchwood station in Warrington fully accessible to passengers with step-free access throughout.

Britain’s commuters are being warned to take care at level crossings on their journey home from work after new figures from Network Rail revealed that more than half of all near misses with trains at level crossings over the last five years took place during the evening rush hour.

Network Rail’s orange army has been out in force over the last four weekends in Essex to carry out work as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan to deliver a more reliable railway and to prepare the line for Crossrail.

London’s second-busiest station will be much quieter this Easter break as Network Rail improvement work means no trains will run from Victoria to Sussex and Gatwick Airport.

Passengers planning to travel into London and across Kent this Easter should check before they travel as Network Rail will be carrying out a major improvement programme in the area over the bank holiday weekend.