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Network Rail is advising passengers of platform alterations as engineering activity gets underway at Barnetby station.

The £68m modernisation of the Norwich Yarmouth Lowestoft railways took a major step forward last week (19 – 29 October) towards the switch-over from a Victorian era signalling system as the third phase of re-signalling works were completed following a nine-day suspension of rail services.

Passengers travelling between Wigan and Southport are being urged to check before they travel as essential maintenance work at a level crossing in Parbold is affecting journeys.

Residents across the south east are being reminded to have their say on plans for a major railway upgrade when a public consultation begins on November 5.

• Repairs to four breakwaters, which protect the coast from the force of waves, will begin in November to immediately improve protection for the Dawlish sea wall and the railway running along the coast
• The work is expected to take six months and community events will be held in Dawlish, Teignmouth and Holcombe in the coming weeks for local communities to find out more

The public are being warned that overhead power cables on line from Holytown to Midcalder junction will be live from Sunday, November 4.

Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, today unveiled the plaque to mark the recent completion of the new £8m Kerse Road Bridge.

The Aberdeen-Inverness Improvement Project has launched a new partnership with Aberdeen Football Club’s Community Trust to promote rail safety to young people.