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Network Rail is carrying out major improvement work for rail passengers in Cumbria this spring.

Network Rail has successfully demolished the bridge over the railway on Shields Road in Glasgow.

From Sunday 7 April, passengers using black cabs at Euston station will begin using a new taxi rank. The new 36 space rank is for black cabs only and features a new passenger help point, improved wayfinding to the station, as well as 120 new cycle spaces. The cab rank boasts upgraded overhead canopies and a wider junction to improve pedestrian crossing to and from the station.

Levenmouth rail link engineers visited Levenmouth Academy to deliver a day of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workshops last week.

Network Rail will start a £3.4m investment to carry out repairs on the 123-year-old Glenfinnan viaduct this month.

Network Rail teams have started work at Old Dalby test track in Leicestershire to repair and futureproof the site using tech that’s kinder to neighbours and the environment.

Passengers travelling between New Mills Central and Manchester Piccadilly are being warned of disruption to train journeys as urgent work is carried out on the railway embankment.

Network Rail is to spend £22m on improving drainage on the rail network across its East Coast route to help prevent major disruption brought to passengers by landslips and heavy rain, and to increase safety.