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With 200,000 football fans set to flock to Cardiff for the UEFA Champions League Finals and Festival from 1-4 June, and 60,000 train journeys expected to be made into Cardiff on Saturday 3 June alone, passengers travelling by rail are urged to plan ahead.

Fans of the famous Flying Scotsman are being urged to keep off the tracks when the steam engine travels through Wales this week.

Passengers at Filton Abbey Wood station are being reminded that the footpath between the car park and the platforms is to close temporarily from Sunday 7 May.

Passengers planning to use the railway in May are advised to check before they travel ahead of a series of engineering works throughout the month.

Normal service has resumed at Bath Spa station this morning following 16 days of work.

Passengers heading to the London Marathon or into the capital on Sunday are advised to check before they travel as Network Rail carries out vital testing work on the Great Western mainline.

Work to upgrade the footbridge at Llanfairpwll station on the North Wales coastline has been completed as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan, to deliver a bigger and better railway for passengers.

Across Britain, one person trespasses on the railway every hour, putting their lives in danger and in the South West the figures are at an all-time high.