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Overnight traffic management will be in place from September 4 to 9 on the B817 in Alness and Evanton in the Scottish Highlands as Network Rail carries out essential vegetation management.

• Vast majority of network (95%) will be open for business as usual, but some routes will be affected by the works taking place, so passengers are asked to check before they travel
• Network Rail will deliver £90m worth of upgrades to the railway this August Bank Holiday

Network Rail engineers will work around-the-clock over the next two weekends to upgrade a vital junction at the heart of Scotland’s rail network.

Scottish Government Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth visited the site of the first new feeder station to be commissioned as part of a £120m investment to boost the electricity supply into the railway network.

Today (Wednesday 17 August) the Department for Transport confirmed it has awarded £78.6m to Network Rail to support the redevelopment of Oxford station and railway, helping provide a bigger and better station, more services for passengers and freight, and improved journey times for passengers in the future. 

The strike, called by the RMT, TSSA and Unite trade unions, will close most of the rail network in Scotland but more routes in the Central Belt will remain open this time around.

Huddersfield has moved one step closer to welcoming cleaner, greener and more efficient electric trains this week, as a new, improved bridge was installed near Deighton railway station.

Network Rail and Transport for Wales have released shocking CCTV footage, following two separate near misses in Harlech in July, as it urges tourists and locals to follow safety advice at railway crossings.