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• Buses to replace trains on the south-side over Easter weekend as Network Rail completes major signalling upgrade

Passengers in Reading are being asked to prepare themselves for 10 days of changes to train services as their new station arrives this Easter.

King’s Cross station has seen a record-breaking jump in customer satisfaction in the year since the award-winning western concourse opened to the public, new research shows.

A dedicated police response vehicle is being used across south and west London to help reduce disruption to passengers caused by emergency incidents on the railway.

Work is due to start next month on a £20m project to replace the wooden Pont Briwet viaduct near Porthmadog in North Wales with a new bridge.

Half-barriers have been installed at Shiplake level crossing as part of Network Rail's commitment to improve safety at level crossings.

Network Rail today announced that the first half of the new concourse at Birmingham New Street station will open to passengers on Sunday 28 April.

Approximately 1 million cubic metres of material needs to be moved by Hatfield Colliery before the rail line east of Doncaster can be repaired.