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Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd intends this week to complete the sale of Network Rail (NDS-Plant) Ltd, a market leader in the provision of specialist heavy plant and equipment to Britain’s rail market, to TXM Plant.

After months of careful examination, Network Rail has announced its preferred option for replacing a level crossing in Ufton Nervet will be a bridge.

Work has begun on replacing four bridges in Slough and Hillingdon in preparation for the new electric Crossrail trains. Starting in 2018, Crossrail will provide a high-frequency rail service for passengers wanting to travel into central London, over to Maidenhead or through to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east.

A photograph of an iconic railway viaduct once threatened with closure has been selected as runner-up in a national photography competition. The photograph by Burnley photographer Graham Roose shows a steam train in the winter sunset as it crosses the 104 feet high Ribblehead Viaduct.

Plans to improve passenger services on the busy East Coast Main Line took a major step forward last week as the Secretary of State for Transport approved Network Rail’s application for a railway flyover at Shaftholme, to the north of Doncaster.

Work is to commence this week on a £5.1m project to improve Llandudno Station in North Wales. Mark Langman, Network Rail’s Wales route managing director, said: “This very important project to enhance Llandudno station will regenerate and revitalise this area of the town."