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Birmingham New Street has seen 52% more visitors since Ozzy the bull’s official homecoming to the station concourse last week.

Passengers travelling along the Midland Main Line between London St Pancras and the north are being urged to check before they travel as engineering work between Leicester and Kettering will impact on journeys on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 August.

Pioneering new devices will be trialled at Birmingham New Street station to see how much they improve air quality for passengers on platforms.

Jenny Gilruth, Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Mid-Fife and Glenrothes visited the site of Levenmouth Rail Link project to see first-hand the latest progress on the £116m Scottish Government investment.  

The Glasgow - Barrhead line will fully reopen to passengers tomorrow morning, Friday 4 August, following a £63.3 million upgrade.

A Sunday and Monday line closure will be trialled for the first time on Scotland’s Railway as preparatory bridge works get underway on the Neilston branch line.

Network Rail has delivered a £3.8 million programme of refurbishment work to the rail bridge spanning the A8 at Saltmarket near Glasgow Cross

Construction of a temporary bridge in Kibworth has begun whilst essential work to adapt the existing bridge takes place, paving the way for a fully electrified railway between Kettering and Wigston.