Passengers planning journeys to and from the south west between Monday 18 February and Friday 8 March are being urged to check before travelling, owing to essential maintenance work taking place at both Whiteball Tunnel near Tiverton Parkway in Somerset, and Marley Tunnel near Totnes in Devon.

With half-term beginning for most of the region today, Network Rail is urging young people to stay safe by staying off the railway.

The railway between Preston and Blackpool will be fully open to trains from this weekend following seven weeks of work to improve drainage.

Passengers using Marsden station will no longer have to face a large drop between the train and the platform as work to improve accessibility at the station begins.

The A4076 at Milford Road railway bridge in Haverfordwest has re-opened and train services between Whitland and Milford Haven have resumed as normal, following the successful replacement of Milford Road railway bridge this weekend.

Network Rail has given the ‘green-light’ to the funding package and spending plan for Britain’s railway infrastructure for the five years to 2024 (known as Control Period 6, or CP6 – 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2024).

Passengers travelling in the North East are being advised to check before they travel on Sunday 24 February and for the next four weekends as Network Rail carries out work to upgrade signalling and track in the region.

Network Rail has successfully completed a £13million pound investment into the railway in the Derwent Valley area – with all services between Derby and Matlock resuming on schedule.