The Edinburgh to Glasgow Central via Shotts train line has re-opened after a ten-day closure.

The closure was part of a £3.5m project to redevelop Livingston South station.

Network Rail engineers demolished then rebuilt both platforms at the station to make them wider and longer, to ensure they are compliant for an electrified railway and long enough for six carriage trains.

Access ramps were re-graded and improvements were made to lighting, CCTV, customer service systems, ticket machines and validators and waiting shelters.

Work is now ongoing to complete the platforms, construct the lift towers and upgrade the staircases accessing the station.

The work is a key part of the Scottish Government funded investment to upgrade and electrify the line to improve reliability and enable the introduction of electric trains on the route by March 2019.

Network Rail project manager, Brian Mallon, said: "While we acknowledge that closing the line is never a popular choice with passengers, the volume of work and the efficiency with which it was delivered during the ten day blockade, demonstrates that it was the best way to reduce disruption overall for passengers as we redeveloped the station.

"The staff and contractors on the ground did fantastically well in difficult and challenging weather conditions to get the job done.

"Though the weather made underfoot conditions treacherous at times; bringing some activities to a halt and slowing others, full credit to the team as they just got the snow cleared and got straight back to the job in order to get the station operational in time for the reintroduction of service."

The full redevelopment of Livingston South will be complete by September 2018