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Engineers will be renewing over 1700 metres of track between Woodbridge and Westerfield junction over six days to improve passenger journeys and prepare the line to accommodate increased freight traffic.

Passenger trains are running again over Barnes Bridge, following a six-day closure of the Hounslow Loop line between Kew Bridge and Barnes.

Railway engineers are working to repair a unique sliding swing bridge which takes trains over a canal in Lincolnshire after a fault with its mechanism.

Some platforms in Piccadilly station will be closed to the public while engineers install new netting to the station’s iconic glass roof.

Passengers and visitors to London Waterloo station are now able to enjoy tinkling the ivories or simply listening to others play, following the installation of a new piano in the station’s former Eurostar terminal, now aptly named Orchestra Pit.

Network Rail is investing £12.5m to replace 14 escalators at four stations across the Merseyrail network over the next three years.

Passengers travelling on Merseyrail’s Southport line are being advised of a rail closure in August while Network Rail replaces a bridge crossing the River Alt in Formby.

Passengers in Richmond are benefitting from a much brighter station and enjoyable experience thanks to an ongoing programme of renovations and improvements to the station building and facilities.