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Engineers will soon begin an 18-week project to renew the Banff Turnpike railway bridge on the A95 in Keith. 

Newly upgraded platforms at Hillington West station will fully reopen this Sunday following the completion of a major £2.9 million improvement project. 

Network Rail engineers will soon begin repair work on a bridge carrying the railway over the A8 in Langbank, Inverclyde.

Edinburgh Waverley welcomed a record number of passengers at the weekend, as thousands of festivalgoers and music fans descended on the capital for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, and the highly anticipated Oasis concerts at Murrayfield. 

Work will soon get underway to replace the railway bridge on Letham Road in Collessie, Fife, as part of improvements on the Ladybank to Perth line. 

Construction will begin this month on a new £5.2m footbridge over the Levenmouth rail link and heritage railway between Kirkland and Mountfleurie in Fife. 

Scotland’s Railway will be closing railway lines in the west and north of the country from noon on Monday (August 4) as Storm Floris is expected to bring unseasonably strong winds of up to 90mph and heavy rain over 24 hours. An Amber Met Office warning for wind is in place across much of Scotland, with speeds forecast that are unprecedented for this time of year.

Scotland’s railway is preparing for potential disruption early next week as Storm Floris brings high winds and heavy rain to much of the country.