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• Edinburgh services to/from Bathgate and Glasgow to be affected for nine days from this weekend (11 to 19 Oct). Longer journeys to/from Glasgow anticipated. Replacement bus services in operation to/from Bathgate.

It may have been standing for over a century, but thanks to a new method of bridge replacement, the Pill Bridge, in Avonmouth was replaced by Network Rail in just eight hours. This technique, being piloted in the West Country for the first time, forms part of Network Rail’s ambitions to complete engineering work in less time.