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People travelling between London, the West Midlands, the North West and Cumbria are being advised to plan ahead this Christmas and New Year as Network Rail carries out improvement and maintenance work.

People travelling across the North West and further afield are being advised to plan ahead this Christmas and New Year as railway upgrade work may affect journeys.

New technology being rolled out across the South Western Railway route is set to give track workers an extra 1,600 hours a year to carry out vital overnight maintenance and renewal work.

Work on a £2m investment to upgrade Carfin station as part of the wider electrification of the railway line through the North Lanarkshire town is nearly complete.

Glasgow Central station will host a foodbank collection on Wednesday November 28 in support of the city’s South East and South West foodbanks.

Network Rail has completed the first phase of refurbishing Caerleon Road railway bridge in Newport as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan.

Work is underway to install new lifts and a footbridge at Kidsgrove station, Staffordshire, to ensure it's accessible for everyone by spring 2019.

Network Rail is advising passengers due to travel between Hull and Goole and Hull and Selby this morning to check before they travel due to overrunning engineering work.