Passengers travelling on the Calder Valley Line are being urged to check before they travel following a landslip at Dryclough Junction, south of Halifax station.

After two years in the planning, Network Rail, its principal contractor Taylor Woodrow and their subcontractor Murphy, successfully dismantled the remaining spans of Southall’s iconic Merrick Road footbridge, preparing it for its new life at Didcot Railway Centre.

Passengers travelling between Norwich and London will benefit from smoother and more reliable journeys as the half-way mark is reached in 10 consecutive weekends of important railway upgrade work.

Four level crossings will temporarily close this spring, while engineers work to deliver essential enhancements as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

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Louise Ellman MP today thanked orange army engineers working to get train customers moving in and out of Liverpool Lime Street station again on Thursday next week.

Network Rail has completed essential work on the historic Cynghordy Viaduct in Llandovery, as part of the Railway Upgrade Plan.

Network Rail has completed work on Crosshill Road in Lenzie to raise the bridge parapet heights in preparation for electrification of the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway line.