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Network Rail has announced the final preferred bidder for delivery of track upgrade works for the next decade in Central England. It includes track, points, and associated overhead lines and signalling, and is worth an estimated £1.5bn over 10 years.

Residents, cyclists and motorists in Liverpool are being invited to find out about upcoming work to refurbish Church Road bridge in Garston.

Network Rail engineers will be working from May to August to complete a multi-million-pound upgrade to track and signalling between Aberdeen and Inverurie as part of the Aberdeen-Inverness Improvement Project.

Temporary speed limits are being put in place across the railway in the North West and Cumbria tonight as weather conditions worsen.

The railway between Taunton and Exeter St David’s has reopened after a three-week closure thanks to Ivy and Holly the robots who helped carry out vital maintenance work in Somerset.

Passengers who travel across East London, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk are set to benefit from major rail upgrades as Network Rail carries out a package of upgrades over Easter.

Cheltenham Festival-goers travelling by train from Birmingham New Street are being given top tips to help them get off to a winning start.

• More than £100m to be invested in Britain’s rail network this Easter
• Railway open for ‘business as usual’ as majority of the network is unaffected by upgrade work with the quietest engineering programme for many years