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Passengers planning to use train services in South Wales between April 23 and May 25 are being urged to check five days before they travel, ahead of essential modernisation work between the Severn Tunnel and Cardiff, which forms part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan for Wales.

A new era of train travel for Bristol was ushered in today when Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling officially opened a new platform at Bristol Parkway station, which will allow for a more frequent train service on a more resilient network.

Network Rail’s proposals for step-free access to a new second platform at Dunbar Station have been approved by East Lothian Council.

Network Rail’s demolition and reconstruction of the bridge over the railway at Kerse Road in Stirling is about to enter its next phase.

The first temporary timetables for passengers travelling in the East Midlands during 79 days of major engineering work are now available online, as Derby gets ready for the biggest upgrade to the railway since the Victorian era.

The first temporary timetables for passengers travelling in the East Midlands during 79 days of major engineering work are now available online, as Derby gets ready for the biggest upgrade to the railway since the Victorian era.

Network Rail engineers have worked through the night to remove more than 20 tonnes of debris from the railway after a landslip at Holmwood in Surrey caused the line to be closed between Horsham and Dorking.

Residents of Woodley in Berkshire are reminded that a temporary road closure will be in place from 14 April to 18 August in order for Network Rail to undertake essential work to Butts Hill Road Bridge. Three way traffic lights will be in operation, and will remain in place until the road is closed later in the year. Please bear with us while the road is closed and diversions are in place.