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Network Rail has today (Friday, May 13) confirmed that Flying Scotsman will no longer be able to undertake this weekend’s tours of the Borders and Fife.

The ScotRail Alliance and British Transport Police have today (Tuesday, May 10) reminded the public of the dangers of trespassing on the railway ahead of the arrival of the newly-refurbished Flying Scotsman in Edinburgh this weekend.

Network Rail and the Institute of Civil Engineering (ICE) visited Twechar Primary School to help encourage its pupils to become the engineers of the future with an innovative hands-on workshop – the Bridges to Schools initiative.

Network Rail engineers have completed the three-month-long, £1m renovation of the rail bridge at Barrhead station on time for passengers and road users.

Commuters returned to work today on a better, more reliable railway after Network Rail engineers completed vital improvement works on the West Coast Main Line over the bank holiday weekend.

Network Rail will be hosting an information event on Tuesday, May 10, to give local residents the opportunity to find out more about plans to replace Millhall Road* level crossing with a fully-accessible footbridge.

Park Farm and Old Philpstoun railway bridges in West Lothian have reopened following a five-month rebuild.

Borders Railway has been named the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ Scottish infrastructure project of the year.