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Passengers planning to use Sunday train services in South Wales during March and April are urged to check before they travel, ahead of modernisation work on the South Wales Main Line.

Network Rail achieved a key milestone on the Shotts Line electrification project on Sunday when the first electric train ran on the route.

Passengers and residents in Lytham St Annes are being reminded of changes to rail services as a result of bridge work in the town.

Three stone slabs which formed part of the original 1836 platform surface at Liverpool Lime Street have been put back on display as part of the station’s multi-million-pound transformation.

Work will start next month to install new lifts, ramps and a footbridge at Tring station to ensure step-free access across all five platforms for the first time.

A test train along the newly electrified railway between Manchester and Preston made its final journey overnight to complete checks for the arrival of 100mph services later this year.

Rail passengers in Kent and South London can expect better journeys through Orpington after Network Rail completed a major £6m investment to improve the railway.

Network Rail has announced community drop-in sessions in Exeter and Torquay to update local communities on ongoing work to improve resilience of the stretch of railway that connects the South West with the rest of the country.