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Network Rail has completed the rebuild of the fire-damaged Troon station in a £5m investment in Scotland’s Railway.

The stairs to platform 2 at Anniesland railway station has re-opened.  

Chiltern Railways passengers are being urged to check before they travel ahead of a five-day closure of the Chiltern main line between Bicester and Leamington Spa while Network Rail completes vital improvement work at the end of July.

Engineers will be renewing over 1700 metres of track between Woodbridge and Westerfield junction over six days to improve passenger journeys and prepare the line to accommodate increased freight traffic.

Trains will not be able to run for 16 consecutive days while Network Rail replaces a bridge over the railway between Saturday 20 July and Sunday 4 August.

To improve safety for crossing users, Network Rail is closing Gipsy Lane level crossing in Needham Market, Suffolk, and building a new, safe footpath under the railway using an existing culvert for pedestrians. 

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is giving local community groups, schools and charities the opportunity to apply for funding to improve local spaces and services along its 70-mile route.

• Network Rail is reminding parents and children to remain vigilant around the railway as incidents of level crossing misuse rise during the summer break
• Never-seen-before CCTV footage shows reckless behaviour and near misses with trains
• 258 incidents of misuse and 33 near misses recorded at level crossings across Network Rail’s Kent route over the last year as hotspot locations are revealed
• Network Rail has set up a dedicated safety centre set up in Margate - believed to be the only one of its kind in the country