NETWORK Rail is holding a drop-in session station ahead of a three-week maintenance project in the conurbation.

The owner of the rail network had employed contractors to fell trees along the tracks earlier this year.

Letters were sent to residents near the railway advising the "essential vegetation management" work will resume next month.

Network Rail says 85 per cent of the work was completed earlier this year, between Bournemouth and Hinton Admiral railway stations.

Residents are invited to a session with the project team at Bournemouth railway station on Thursday, August 23 from 2pm to 6.30pm.