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Network Rail will include designs for a ramped footbridge within its proposal to close Cornton level crossing when it submits a planning application to Stirling Council next month. 

A new bridge in Greater Manchester has reopened after a £4m scheme by Network Rail to upgrade the old bridge, which runs above the railway.

Following a series of detailed investigations and technical studies, Network Rail will present proposed upgrades to the railway line between Exeter and Newton Abbot to the public on Thursday (17 November), in an effort to ensure long-term protection for the railway and the community.

Engineers will soon begin work to install a new footbridge over the railway between Gallowhill Road and Arkleston Drive in Paisley.

Network Rail is advising passengers to the south and west of London to plan their journeys as early as possible this Christmas. This is ahead of a programme of upgrade work taking place on the country’s rail network over the Christmas period.

A broken drain that caused four metres of water to flood a busy road under a railway bridge in Euxton is being permanently repaired thanks to a £700,000 investment by Network Rail.

Network Rail has opened the doors of its training facility in Warrington to show the local MP how the orange army learns to maintain and improve the railway.

Cardiff residents have been invited to a series of drop-in events to learn more about temporary level crossing closures planned over the festive season as work to deliver Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan continues.