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Glasgow Queen Street’s newly-extended platform 1 has entered service as the £120m redevelopment of the station reaches its first key milestone.

London Bridge Station reopened by The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William after five year rail and building programme which nearly doubles capacity and provides 30% more connections

The railway between London and Scotland via the West Midlands and north west has reopened after a number of upgrade projects were successfully completed on time.

Rail passengers from Southend, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex can look forward to a bigger and better railway following upgrades carried out over the bank holiday weekend.

Millions of passengers and customers using Liverpool Lime Street station are set to benefit from a newly installed free drinking water fountain.

Millions of passengers and customers using London Euston station are set to benefit from a newly installed free drinking water fountain.

Millions of passengers and customers using Manchester Piccadilly station are set to benefit from a newly installed free drinking water fountain.

• Local communities to help shape the final design of a potential new rail link from Reading and Slough to London Heathrow Airport

• Final round of public consultation opens on 11 May

• Six week consultation will include details of the likely benefits of the new railway as well as how any construction and environmental impacts will be managed