Network Rail engineers have completed the first phase in the project to electrify the railway lines linking Stirling, Dunblane and Alloa to the main Glasgow-Edinburgh route.

Network Rail has submitted a planning application for creating step-free access between platforms six and nine at Stirling station.

Glasgow Queen Street’s newly-extended platform 1 has entered service as the £120m redevelopment of the station reaches its first key milestone.

Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, visited Kerse Road today (Monday, 30 April) to view progress on bridge demolition works, following two consecutive weekends of continuous working by Network Rail engineers to remove the structure.

Network Rail engineers will soon complete the first phase in the project to electrify the railway lines linking Stirling, Dunblane and Alloa to the main Glasgow-Edinburgh route.

Network Rail engineers will be working around-the-clock from mid-May to deliver a multi-million-pound upgrade to the railway between Aberdeen and Dyce.

Network Rail has awarded Bam Nuttall a contract for upgrade works to the Highland mainline – to help reduce journey times for customers.

The Alloa line reopened this morning (Monday, April 16) following the successful completion of a four-week long, multi-million-pound upgrade project to prepare the line for electric trains.