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• Essential track upgrades will keep services running fast and reliably between York and Newcastle
• Limited services and rail replacement buses between York and Newcastle on 29/30 January, 5/6 February, 12/13 February 2022
• Passengers asked to plan ahead via National Rail Enquiries or with their train operator

The iconic Royal Border Bridge in Northumberland will be repaired throughout 2022 in a major project led by Network Rail.

Network Rail is asking cyclists who have left their bicycles at Bristol Temple Meads for long periods of time without use to reclaim them by Friday 11 February, ahead of the annual bike cull.

• 7-day closure from 21 to 27 February as work continues on £380m upgrade to 1970s signalling infrastructure
• Blockade approach stops back-to-back weekend closures and delivers reliability improvements quicker
• Buses will replace SWR trains during the closure

Network Rail and Netball Scotland have formed a partnership that provides a new platform to deliver rail safety messaging to help young people stay safe around Scotland’s railway.

Rail passengers are being advised of changes to journeys over nine days in February 2022 while essential engineering work takes place at Water Orton in North Warwickshire and Duddeston in Birmingham.

Network Rail will shortly begin work to remove trees and vegetation on the West Highland Line between Craigendoran and Helensburgh Upper as part of a new trial project to improve lineside biodiversity.

Passengers are being advised of changes to weekend journeys on the Wirral line later this month during essential railway bridge maintenance.