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Edinburgh Waverley welcomed a record number of passengers at the weekend, as thousands of festivalgoers and music fans descended on the capital for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, and the highly anticipated Oasis concerts at Murrayfield. 

Cumbrian Coast Line passengers will see trains reinstated north of Whitehaven after the recent closure of a railway tunnel on the route.

Network Rail Wales and Borders will be undertaking essential engineering works across key sections of the railway between Hereford, Newport, and Shrewsbury from Saturday 6 September to Monday 8 September, and again the following weekend (13 and 14 September).

Network Rail’s electric vehicle fleet in operation across the South of England hit a major landmark this month with the vehicles reaching a total combined distance of one million miles since the rollout began.  

Network Rail Wales and Borders will be carrying out major refurbishment work on Coedtrehen bridge over the August bank holiday weekend.

Buses will replace trains between Redhill and Tonbridge as Network Rail undertakes vital work on the railway.

Items stashed away inside a historical York building during roof repairs have been reunited with the worker who left them there – nearly half century on.

From Victorian visions and fiery foes to foraging falcons and future-proofing fortifications - we dive into the rich history of Britannia Bridge as part of the Railway200 celebrations