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Network Rail engineers working on the refurbishment of South Esk viaduct in Montrose have uncovered shrapnel marks and bullet holes on the structure consistent with a bombing and a strafing attack by the Luftwaffe during World War 2.

Pedestrians and cyclists who cross the railway at Slipe Lane, Broxbourne, are able to do so more safely as a new footbridge opened today (Friday 8 June) as part of a £4m Network Rail project.

Network Rail engineers have completed track upgrade work in Abergele as part of the £50m North Wales railway upgrade project, providing a more reliable service for passengers.

Network Rail is inviting residents in Spondon to find out more about work taking place to upgrade a level crossing as part of the Derby resignalling project.

Network Rail is inviting residents to find out more about improvements to Hebden Bridge railway station as part of the Great North Rail Project.

Network Rail has today announced plans to tackle three significant environmental issues in the country’s biggest and busiest rail stations.

• Ban retailers from supplying plastic cutlery and cups in managed stations by the end of 2020
• Implement a coffee cup recycling scheme for managed stations by the end of 2020
• Expand the roll out of coffee ground recycling to all managed stations by the end of 2020

Engineers have completed work on the £1 million programme of refurbishment on the Ayr Viaduct to coincide with the 140^th anniversary of the current bridge’s construction in 1878.