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The latest round of RMT strikes will severely limit rail services on Christmas Eve and passengers are being urged to check their journey before travelling.

The Levenmouth Rail Link project has been recognised by the Institute of Collaborative Working for its ground-breaking approach to project delivery.

Network Rail is working with BEAR Scotland and Transport Scotland to re-connect communities along Loch Awe following a landslip at the Falls of Cruachan.

The next phase of the roll-out of request-stop kiosk on the Far North Line in the Scottish Highlands will go live at five locations from Tuesday December 20.

Network Rail has completed work to renew fencing at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre in Grangemouth.

• Industry working hard to run as many trains as possible for customers during two 48-hour RMT strikes on December 13/14 and 16/17.
• Strike action will also cause significant disruption to routes across the country on December 15.
• Scotland’s Railway will remain open when RMT members at train companies in England and Wales begin action short of a strike from December 18.

Pupils from Gylemuir Primary School helped switch on the Christmas lights at Edinburgh Waverley station this week.

Network Rail has successfully completed work to clear trees and vegetation on an 8-mile stretch of railway between Evanton and Invergordon in the Scottish Highlands.