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Network Rail has announced that Story Contracting has won a framework contract to deliver up to £135m of renewal and enhancement projects in Scotland over the next five years.

The safety of train passengers, pedestrians and motorists has been improved by the completion of work to upgrade two Level Crossings in Dingwall.

Network Rail is advising passengers to check their journeys before travelling on Thursday morning (November 29) due to severe weather forecast across the south which will require speed limits for trains.

Network Rail achieved another key milestone on the Stirling-Dunblane-Alloa Electrification Project overnight with the first electric test train running on the route.

Work on a £2m investment to upgrade Carfin station as part of the wider electrification of the railway line through the North Lanarkshire town is nearly complete.

Glasgow Central station will host a foodbank collection on Wednesday November 28 in support of the city’s South East and South West foodbanks.

Network Rail engineers will shortly begin work on a £1.2 million investment to replace the footbridge over the railway between Arkleston Drive and Gallowhill Road in Paisley.

Network Rail is delivering a multi-million-pound programme of enhancement and maintenance projects that will affect services on the Highland main line this weekend.