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Passengers are being reminded to plan their journeys in advance this Easter weekend as Network Rail engineers will be working around-the-clock over the bank holiday to deliver more than £23m of improvements across Scotland’s railway.

Network Rail engineers will work around-the-clock this Easter to deliver more than £2m of investment on the Shotts Line Electrification project.

Edinburgh’s Waverley Station is to benefit from the creation of a Masterplan to develop the long term vision for the station.

Story Rail had replaced Carillion as the main contractor for planned enhancement works on platform one at Broughty Ferry station.

Engineers will be working around-the-clock for the next four weeks to deliver a multi-million-pound upgrade to prepare the Alloa line for electrification.

Passengers arriving at Addiewell this morning will have noticed a significant difference in their station with the removal of the old and opening of the new station footbridge.

The public are being warned that overhead power lines on the railway between Cumbernauld and Greenhill Lower junction, near Bonnybridge, will be live from Monday, March 12, and carrying 25,000 volts of electricity.

Network Rail engineers will shortly start work on a £2.7m programme of investment to improve accessibility at Kilmarnock station.