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Residents of Oxford are reminded that as part of Network Rail’s £161million station and railway upgrade, Botley Road will be temporarily closed near Oxford station from 11 April until the end of October to enable station and track improvements and highways redevelopment.

The railway between Didcot Parkway and Oxford will not reopen until after Easter as Network Rail engineers continue their assessment of Nuneham viaduct in Oxfordshire.

Passengers are urged to check before travelling this Easter bank holiday weekend as Network Rail works to deliver vital upgrades and track renewal in the wider Reading area.

The results of a feasibility study for the Department for Transport (DfT) into a new railway station for Devizes have been released today by Network Rail.

Rail passengers are set to experience a more accessible Tilehurst station following confirmation of a £4m investment which will see new lifts and walkways installed at the Berkshire station, ensuring all platforms are fully accessible for the first time.

As part of a £161million station and railway upgrade, Botley Road will be temporarily closed near Oxford station from 11 April until the end of October to enable station and track improvements and highways redevelopment.

Work on the construction of the £80m new, bigger sea wall to protect the railway in Dawlish has reached its final stages as a new link bridge and stilling basin nears completion at Colonnade viaduct.

Volunteers from Network Rail joined the Severnside Community Rail Partnership and local residents to help clean graffiti from community murals at Redland and Montpelier stations in Bristol earlier this month.