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Network Rail and partners from across the emergency services have joined forces to test emergency response plans to an ‘incident scenario’ within a railway tunnel just outside of Sutton Coldfield station.

Emergency work to repair a landslip will result in a reduced train service and buses replacing some trains this Sunday between Basingstoke and Woking, and between Woking and Aldershot.

Network Rail welcomed Siobhian Brown, Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Ayr, to Troon station this week as progress continues on the new station building.

With just 75 days to go until the Levenmouth Rail Link opens on June 2, Scotland’s Railway is supporting a Fife-based photography competition for all to enter.

Network Rail will carry out vital survey work next week to assess the condition of the level crossing surface at Station Road in Stevenston.

Major works on Thornliebank Road bridge will begin early next month as part of a project to electrify the East Kilbride to Glasgow railway corridor.

Rail passengers travelling in the North West this Easter are being reminded to check before they travel while major railway upgrades take place to improve future journeys between 29 March and 1 April.