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Members of the community joined MP Stuart Anderson to mark the official opening of Ludlow station’s new lift last Friday (21 February).

A public information event will be held on Wednesday 26 February at Abergele Town Council offices to present proposals for enhancing safety by closing both Pen Uchaf and Ty Gwyn footpath crossings in Pensarn and replacing them with a ramped footbridge over the railway. 

Following the sentencing at Swansea Crown Court today for a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act etc 1974, relating to the incident at Margam, Port Talbot on 3 July 2019 where colleagues Gareth Delbridge and Michael ‘Spike’ Lewis tragically lost their lives, Network Rail has issued the following statement.

Passengers are being urged to check before they travel on the Cambrian line ­from mid-March to early April when Network Rail will be carrying out a range of work across a 16-day period.

Passengers are urged to check before they travel between Swansea and Carmarthen/Llandrindod on two weekends in February when Network Rail will be carrying out a range of essential work, including track renewals and resignalling.

Network Rail and Transport for Wales are urging all customers to check before they travel on Friday morning and into the weekend with weather warnings in place across the country.

Passengers in West Wales are being urged to check before they travel later this month and into February when Network Rail will be carrying out essential track renewals, drainage work and vegetation management.

A £1 million vegetation management programme on the Heart of Wales line is underway, with the aim of reducing delays and cancellations caused by fallen trees.