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The local community gathered in Magor to celebrate Whitewall footbridge becoming the first new railway bridge to open in South Wales as part of Network Rail’s electrification of the South Wales Mainline.

Passengers travelling between Wrexham and Chester or Rhyl are advised to check before travelling this month as Network Rail carries out vital improvement work as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan.

Newport residents are reminded that Somerton Road bridge will be closing to vehicles to allow for the electrification of the railway between London and Swansea.

Passengers travelling between Cardiff and Bristol Parkway are advised to check before travelling on weekends from 31 October to 6 December while Network Rail carries out essential improvement work as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan.

Newport residents are invited to attend a drop-in event to find out more about the work that will soon be taking place to prepare Cardiff Road bridge for the electrification of the railway between London and Swansea.

A new campaign has been launched encouraging students in Wales to take care at level crossings as it is revealed that 108 young people on the Wales route were involved in a near miss with a train at a level crossing in the past five years.

Passengers and the community of Port Talbot have been thanked for their patience after Network Rail completed its work to install a new bridge over two weekends.

Newport primary school children got the chance to be engineers for a day as they learned how to construct a bridge and even got the chance to walk across the structure they had built.