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Network Rail’s ‘orange army’ has hit the first week milestone in the project to prepare Bath’s railway line for electrification, with all work currently on schedule.

The multi-million pound improvement and expansion of London Waterloo has moved an important step closer this week as a planning application for works to enable more trains to run in and out of the station has been submitted.

The ScotRail Alliance has today (Friday) confirmed that the Edinburgh-Glasgow main line will reopen as planned on Monday (July 27) following the successful, on-time completion of a six-week project to upgrade Winchburgh Tunnel.

The important role played by women and the railway during World War I is told in an exhibition which can be seen by visitors to London this summer.

Two bridges are to be rebuilt as part of the electrification of the railway between Manchester and Stalybridge.

The huge machine which will build the new 270m railway tunnel at Farnworth has been officially named ‘Fillie’.

People in Kent and East Sussex can find out more about a project to boost rail capacity and reduce crowding on the Uckfield line at a series of drop-in sessions organised by Network Rail.

Work to upgrade the line between Clitheroe and Manchester starts this weekend and passengers are being urged to check before they travel and plan their journeys.