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The ScotRail Alliance is preparing for winter as temperatures get set to drop across the country this week.

Network Rail has announced the dates for a six-day rail closure on the Midland Main Line to allow a major project to improve the route for all customers who use it.

Network Rail has announced the dates for a six-day rail closure in Market Harborough to allow major work to the county’s railway to take place as part of the Market Harborough Line Speed Improvement Project which forms part of the £1.4bn Midland Mainline upgrade programme.

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

Network Rail’s seasonal fleet of ice-busting trains are rolling out across the South Western Railway route to help keep passengers moving during the cold weather.

Just like road and air travel, wintry weather can pose challenges for the rail network, with its effects ranging from speed restrictions on exposed routes, to services being suspended due to avalanches.

Haverfordwest residents are reminded that essential work to replace Pembroke Road railway bridge will be completed this weekend.  

Rail passengers, motorists and pedestrians in West Sussex can look forward to safer journeys after Network Rail finished a £4m upgrade of Yapton level crossing to combat dangerous drivers.