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Network Rail will begin the second and final phase of refurbishment work to Caerleon Road railway bridge on Friday 4 January.

Passengers travelling between Newport and Bristol and between Newport and Gloucester are reminded to check before travelling this Christmas and New Year, as Network Rail engineers work around the clock to modernise the South Wales Main Line.

Shrewsbury residents and station users are reminded that work to refurbish Dana Footbridge will begin on Friday 14 December 2018. During the essential refurbishment work, the footbridge will be closed to pedestrians, with a diversion route in place via Castle Gates and Howard Street.

Network Rail will deliver the next stage of the Abergavenny Station footbridge refurbishment scheme from Monday 3 December 2018.

Network Rail has completed the first phase of refurbishing Caerleon Road railway bridge in Newport as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan.

Nantwich residents are invited to a drop-in event to find out more about the renewal of Newcastle Road level crossing, as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan for Wales and Borders.

Merlins Bridge residents are invited to a drop-in event to find out more about the renewal of the Pembroke Road railway bridge and the Milford Road railway bridge as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan for Wales and Borders.

Network Rail in Wales and Borders is set to benefit from a record £2billion to provide a safer and more reliable railway for passengers and freight customers.