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Network Rail successfully re-installed the footbridge linking platforms six and nine at Stirling station this holiday weekend.

Passengers are being reminded that Network Rail engineers will be working from this Saturday (May 4) until mid-August to complete a multi-million-pound upgrade to track and signalling between Aberdeen and Inverurie.

Network Rail, and main contractor Amco, will begin work on Dunbar’s new second platform from next week (Tuesday, May 7).

Network Rail engineers have successfully completed a £25m, two-year-long upgrade at Edinburgh Waverley with the commissioning of a new crossover at the station.

Network Rail is reminding passengers to check before they travel this holiday weekend as engineers will be carrying out work to deliver more reliable infrastructure, improved facilities and better services.

Network Rail has successfully delivered £5m of investment to renew track and points (rails which move to transfer trains from one line to another) on the West Coast Main Line through Rutherglen.

Network Rail is advising that buses will replace trains between Stirling and Alloa on Sunday May 5 while the renovated Stirling station footbridge will be lifted back into position over the May Bank holiday weekend.

Network Rail successfully commissioned the first phase of signalling improvements on the line between Aberdeen and Stonehaven over the weekend to increase capacity on the line for the introduction of additional services.