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With annual passenger numbers expected to double to over 49million by 2048, rail passengers, customers and the public are being asked their views about the long term future of Edinburgh’s Waverley Station.

Network Rail will be working around the clock to complete a multi-million-pound programme of upgrades on the Highland main line this weekend.

Network Rail has successfully completed a £5.5m upgrade of the level crossing on Station Road in Carnoustie.

Residents are being invited to drop in and find out more about the planned £13m enhancement of Dunbar station.

The Scottish freight community has today launched a joint strategy to grow the amount of freight on the rails, as part of plans to meet a target of 7.5 percent growth set by the Scottish Government last year.

Network Rail engineers will be working from May to August to complete a multi-million-pound upgrade to track and signalling between Aberdeen and Inverurie as part of the Aberdeen-Inverness Improvement Project.

Network Rail has announced that the new £1.2m Arkleston footbridge In Paisley is now open.

Edinburgh Waverley’s newly-extended platforms 5 and 6 have now entered service.