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Cambuslang Road in Rutherglen will close for 14 weeks from February 20 while Network Rail engineers carry out work to repair and strengthen the railway bridge over the A724.

• Annual average performance rises to 90% - the third increase in a row - making ScotRail the second best performing large operator* in the UK.

• Performance for period ten - the four weeks to 7 Jan - is 89.7%; 6% better than last four weeks and 2.8% better than same period last year.

Network Rail has today (January 12) announced that Carillion Powerlines Ltd has won the contract to deliver the electrification of the Shotts line between Holytown Junction and Midcalder Junction.

Network Rail engineers successfully demolished and took the first steps to reconstruct the bridge over the railway on Station Road in Shotts over the weekend

Network Rail engineers successfully demolished and took the first steps to reconstruct the bridge over the railway on the A71 in West Calder over the weekend.

ScotRail Alliance teams will be visiting Dundee station on 12 January as part of a tour of key stations to meet customers and help them to prepare for their winter travel.

Transport Minister Humza Yousaf visited the ScotRail Alliance’s Perth depot recently to view a unique severe weather engineering train that will help keep Scotland’s railway running this winter.

Blairhill’s new, fully-accessible footbridge has opened for passengers as the ScotRail Alliance delivers a multi-million-pound transformation of the Coatbridge station.