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In February 2014, a devastating storm battered the south Devon coastline at Dawlish, cutting off the only railway line to the south west for eight weeks.

Passengers are being urged to check before they travel from Monday 19 to Friday 23 February, as engineering work will impact rail services between Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Leeds.

Cornton’s pedestrian level crossing will close for three days while Network Rail carries out vital improvement works.

Network Rail has started work on a £500,000 project to repair and repaint the railway bridge over Ferry Road in Glasgow’s Yorkhill area. 

Train services will return to normal tomorrow morning (Friday, February 2) after the successful completion of a £1m rockfall prevention scheme at Ratho on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line.

Residents are welcome to attend an event at the Hotel Victoria in Newquay on

• Friday 9 February (10am - 7pm) and
• Saturday 10 February (10am - 4pm)

when they'll be able to take a virtual reality balloon ride to ‘see’ for themselves how the Mid Cornwall Metro, funded by Cornwall Council and £50m of government Levelling Up Funding, will create a sustainable transport corridor through central Cornwall.  

A new footbridge has been installed in Dore & Totley as part of the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade

Work has started on a multi-million pound project to improve accessibility at Alfreton station.