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Work on a £48m project to replace the Loughor Viaduct near Swansea and redouble a 5.25-mile stretch of railway through Gowerton is close to completion.

Network Rail has invested more than £3.75m on improving the Tarka Line in North Devon during the past financial year, the company disclosed today.

Ardent railway enthusiast Archie Swell will be bursting with pride today (1.30pm, Thursday, 4 April).

Passengers in Reading are being asked to prepare themselves for 10 days of changes to train services as their new station arrives this Easter.

Work is due to start next month on a £20m project to replace the wooden Pont Briwet viaduct near Porthmadog in North Wales with a new bridge.

Network Rail has agreed to refurbish the footbridge at Burry Port Station following talks with the local community.

Network Rail is close to completing work on a £48m project to replace the Loughor Viaduct near Swansea and redouble a 5.25-mile stretch of line running through Gowerton.

Network Rail has awarded a major contract, with a value of approximately £130m, to Balfour Beatty Rail for the construction of a two-mile section of the Crossrail route from Plumstead to Abbey Wood in southeast London.