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The footbridge over the railway at Templars Firs reopened yesterday, Monday 2 February, after work to prepare it for electrification was completed on time.

Pedestrians using the footpath over the railway line at Highfield Lane in Maidenhead will notice that it is significantly brighter from today following the installation of a mural designed by pupils from Cox Green School.

Local residents and other users of Pinhoe level crossing will be learning to stay safe on the railway during a campaign organised by Network Rail and British Transport Police (BTP).

In December last year, engineers from Network Rail’s ‘orange army’ began the process of removing the old Royal Mail mail conveyor from Bristol Temple Meads station, culminating in the structure being lifted out on Christmas Day. This time-lapse photography shows the scale of the project and level of work involved.

Residents are being invited to a drop-in session to find out more about a project to replace an ageing railway bridge in the Vale of Glamorgan with a larger and improved structure, which will help improve traffic flow.

The bridge over the railway at School Hill Road in Brinkworth reopened to the public yesterday, Tuesday 16 December, after work to prepare it for electrification was completed on time.

Network Rail is hoping that the reopening of a bridge near to the centre of Swindon will help ease traffic congestion over the festive period.

Thousands of passengers and freight users are set to benefit from one of the biggest Christmas and New Year investment programmes carried out on the Western route over recent years.