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Plans are being finalised to make Birmingham New Street station the new home of the Commonwealth Games’ Raging Bull.

Rail passengers are being advised of changes to journeys over the next four weekends while essential railway upgrades take place at Water Orton in North Warwickshire and Duddeston in Birmingham.

West Coast main line passengers are being urged to plan their journeys ahead of four weekends of essential railway improvements at Preston station.

New railway sidings have been opened on the Chiltern main line to keep passengers moving during construction of Britain’s new zero carbon, high-speed railway, HS2. 

Passengers using the Bakerloo line and London Overground are being advised to plan their journeys in advance of further major improvements to both rail routes next month.

Rail passengers on two major routes in Cumbria now have faster and more reliable journeys after railway engineers protected three viaducts from river erosion.

Passengers are being advised to plan their journeys ahead of railway improvements which will protect tracks in and out of London Marylebone station from flooding.

Essential work to secure the railway through Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire's High Peak is now underway.