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Passengers are being urged to check before they travel between South Wales and Gloucester later this month and in early August as Network Rail continues its work to help protect the Severn Estuary line from extreme weather.

Network Rail, East Midlands Railway (EMR), and British Transport Police are urging parents in Sileby to ensure their children understand the severe consequences of trespassing or carrying out vandalism on or near the railway.

Passengers can look forward to smoother journeys as they travel between Nuneaton and Peterborough as Network Rail installs new track along the route throughout July.

Rail passengers are being advised about changes to journeys over ten days in August 2024 while essential engineering work takes place in the Duddeston area of Birmingham.

Bakerloo line and London Overground passengers are being advised of essential railway upgrades which will impact journeys over six days in August.  

Passengers travelling on Merseyrail’s Southport line are being advised of a rail closure in August while Network Rail replaces a bridge crossing the River Alt in Formby.

Train services have restarted through Baildon following repairs carried out by Network Rail at the site of a landslip in the town.

Network Rail engineers will be working around the clock this weekend to replace a rail bridge off Gateside Road in Barrhead.