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Passengers are being reminded to check before they travel between Cardiff Central and Swansea on three Sundays in March when Network Rail will be carrying out essential track renewals.

The completion of the multi-million-pound transformation of the Ebbw Vale line has been celebrated, following the introduction of direct train services between Ebbw Vale Town and Newport.

Passengers are being urged to check before they travel while track renewals, electrification and essential maintenance work is carried out across the Wales and Borders network this February and March.

Network Rail is thanking passengers and local residents today for their patience and understanding over the festive period while it has completed vital railway engineering work.

Work to renew the track near the village of Cemmaes, near Machynlleth, will begin after the festive period to improve the reliability of the railway.

The completion of the £30m restoration of the iconic Barmouth Viaduct in north Wales was celebrated today (Friday 8 December) after a painstaking four-year programme of work to carefully restore the 156-year-old, grade II* listed structure, back to its former glory and protect it for generations to come.

A community in South Wales has welcomed the reopening of the historic Seven Sisters footbridge after a £700,000 facelift by Network Rail.

Rail passengers are being asked to plan ahead and check before they travel this festive period as Network Rail completes its annual planned railway upgrades.