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• Local communities invited to view revised plans and help shape final design of changes to vital, vulnerable rail line
• Public consultation opens on 20 January
• Six-week consultation will include further details of proposed realignment of railway, stabilising measures and new public amenities
• 10-metre scale model illustrating proposals to be presented to the public

Passengers will benefit from a better, more reliable railway in 2020 thanks to upgrade and maintenance work taking place this Christmas and New Year.

The first part of a project to improve passenger journeys on a busy commuter line in Hounslow has been completed.

The line between Tonbridge and Redhill is currently closed in both directions after a landslip this afternoon (Sunday 22 December). An hourly bus replacement service is running in place of trains today and this will also apply to Monday 23^rd, Tuesday 24^th and Friday 27^th December.

Network Rail engineers will deliver £8m of enhancements on Scotland’s Railway over the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Work is now underway to prepare for the demolition and reconstruction of the bridge under the railway which enables access to Parklea playing fields in Port Glasgow.

• CodingCats – a group of innovators from the tech sector – wins Hack Partners’ sixth HackTrain event
• Its algorithm could allow the rail industry to unlock spare capacity by providing more detailed information on how long trains spend through congested parts of the network and the impact to services
• Eight ideas from the event to be taken forward by Network Rail and hackers as part of a post-Hackathon acceleration initiative, generating results much faster than before

Passengers will benefit from a better, more reliable railway in 2020 thanks to upgrade and maintenance work taking place this Christmas and New Year.