Network Rail has begun work to repair, refurbish, and repaint a 140-year-old railway bridge over Eglinton Street (A77) near Glasgow Central station.

Lorry drivers are being urged to know the height of their vehicle after a Birmingham bridge was hit three times in less than a week.

Engineers will be carrying out vital upgrades to Driffield’s Skerne Road level crossing to improve rail reliability and enhance safety for pedestrians, motorists and passengers.

Network Rail is thanking passengers following the completion of its festive railway upgrades across its Wessex route.

Over Christmas and New Year, a series of major upgrades across multiple sites on the Transpennine route took place, taking customers one step closer to faster, greener and more reliable journeys between Manchester and York.

The railway between London and Scotland via the West Midlands and the North West has fully reopened after multiple engineering projects were successfully delivered.

Engineers have completed a complex track renewal through a narrow Victorian railway tunnel to improve West Coast Main Line journeys for passengers and freight.

Rail passengers travelling in the North West, West Midlands and on the West Coast Main Line between London and Scotland are advised to check before they travel this weekend as heavy snowfall is expected in some areas over the weekend.