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A new railway bridge over Aldershot High Street is to be painted blue and red by Network Rail engineers in a nod to the town’s historic army garrison and football club.

Network Rail is continuing its programme of work to the railway between Tonbridge and Hastings through Tunbridge Wells, to improve the reliability of services for passengers on the line.

The railway line between Farnham and Alton has been re-opened earlier than anticipated thanks to round-the-clock working by Network Rail’s orange army, during another busy Bank Holiday weekend for its railway engineers.

Britain’s commuters returned to work today on a better, more reliable railway thanks to the efforts of Network Rail’s orange army, who worked round-the-clock to improve the network over the bank holiday weekend.

Network Rail and Great Western Railway thanked passengers and lineside neighbours today for their patience following the completion, on time, of railway improvement work in the south west and Thames Valley.

Network Rail’s orange army has replaced nearly 1,000 metres of track on the line between Norwich and London over the Bank Holiday weekend to make passenger journeys into London more reliable.

Network Rail expects to re-open the railway line between Farnham and Alton on Wednesday 4 May, five days earlier than originally planned after a small army of engineers worked around the clock to stabilise the track at Wrecclesham.

A busy road next to London Bridge station will be closed to traffic one way as the Thameslink Programme enters the final stage of its massive station rebuilding project.