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Stratton Green bridge in Swindon before the work to prepare it for electrification.

The installation of a new stepped-footbridge with ramps at Severn Tunnel Junction station means that for the first time passengers will have a step-free route between all four platforms.

Finishing touches put to the new platforms (10 and 11) at London Bridge - part of the Thameslink Programme

l-r Emma Woolf (Friends of Cotteridge Park), Cllr Rob Sealey, Cllr Tim Huxtable, Cllr Phil Walkling, Karen Chiles (Network Rail), Daniel Lickiss (Artist)

Network Rail will today announce the completion of the new western concourse, the most spectacular part of the five-year programme to restore and improve King’s Cross station. More than 45m passengers a year - travelling through London and to and from destinations as far afield as Newcastle, Edinburgh and York - will benefit from a raft of improvements when it opens to the public on Monday (19th March). The new concourse opens to the public on Monday 19 March 2012.