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Joint statement from Greater Anglia and Network Rail. Train passengers heading to and from Lowestoft will not be able to travel after approximately 8pm this evening (13 January 2017). Lowestoft train station and the lines which run into and out of the station are closing early as a severe flood warning has been issued by the Environment Agency.

Communities in the Old Stoke Road and Griffin Lane areas of Aylesbury have been informed of the closure of two local level crossings to improve safety.

• Annual average performance rises to 90% - the third increase in a row - making ScotRail the second best performing large operator* in the UK.

• Performance for period ten - the four weeks to 7 Jan - is 89.7%; 6% better than last four weeks and 2.8% better than same period last year.

Network Rail has today (January 12) announced that Carillion Powerlines Ltd has won the contract to deliver the electrification of the Shotts line between Holytown Junction and Midcalder Junction.

Network Rail is advising passengers who park at Bolton station that there will be alterations to car parking later this month.

Network Rail engineers successfully demolished and took the first steps to reconstruct the bridge over the railway on Station Road in Shotts over the weekend