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Network Rail Scotland recently gave stakeholders the chance to learn first-hand how they safely manage vegetation around the railway.

• Passengers advised not to get caught out by reduced Saturday service due to RMT strike

• Many routes will have no trains at all - those which will run will close early evening

Pupils from St Roch’s Primary and Deaf School, Royston, recently visited Network Rail’s Glasgow Maintenance Delivery Unit (MDU), to learn more about the industry as part of a community partnership.

Two of Scotland’s largest landowners are seeking ways to work closer together where public forestry and land is adjacent to the country’s rail network.

Passengers travelling through two of Scotland’s busiest railway stations are being encouraged to top up with Scottish tap water as part of a global campaign to prevent plastic pollution.

Network Rail and Balfour Beatty teamed up with North Queensferry Primary School to plant flowers and a tree by the Forth Bridge.

• Infrastructure operator Network Rail Scotland and train companies are working closely to run as many services as possible during industrial action. 
• Strikes will affect Network Rail operations and train services across Britain on 21, 23 and 25 June, causing significant disruption for customers.
• Customers can find more information on which routes in Scotland will be open on this page. 

Network Rail will shortly begin overnight tree and vegetation management on the line between Evanton and Invergordon in the Scottish Highlands.