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Buses will replace trains for four weeks, from Monday 14 November, while Network Rail continues work to refurbish Barmouth Viaduct on vital north Wales rail link. 

• The first new station in Reading since Reading West opened on 1 July 1906
• Now due to open in early 2023

Network Rail and award-winning transport technology innovator, Whoosh, are providing QR Codes containing bespoke journey information for spectators heading to rugby union’s Autumn Internationals.

Network Rail has awarded BAM Nuttall the contract to design a series of resilience measures along the iconic coastal railway between Dawlish and Holcombe, south Devon.

Due to further coordinated strike action by the RMT, TSSA and Unite trades unions on Saturday 5, Monday 7 and Wednesday 9 November, Network Rail is asking passengers to only travel if absolutely necessary, expect widespread disruption and to plan ahead.

Newly released aerial drone footage highlights Network Rail’s latest progress in linking the two sections of the £80m new bigger sea wall to protect the railway at Dawlish.

Those attending the Autumn International match at the Principality Stadium, on Saturday 5 November, are being told not to travel in or out of Cardiff by train. 

Network Rail is helping keep train services in Devon running reliably this autumn by reducing the number of leaves on the railway tracks with the help of a specially-adapted 4x4 vehicle which can travel on rails and on the road.