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Beginning next month, Network Rail will be carrying out vital vegetation management work on a 5-mile stretch of line between Leeds and Outwood. 

From Saturday 29 April to Monday 1 May customers are being asked to check before they travel as buses replace trains across parts of Berkshire and Hampshire.

Passengers travelling between Huddersfield and Leeds are being reminded to check before they travel on 6-7 May and 13-14 May as major upgrades continue at Morley station.

Passengers and local residents are being invited to find out more about vital Lichfield Trent Valley station upgrades starting this summer.

Much of the railway network is open over the May bank holiday and Coronation weekend across the Anglia region. But with major station and renewals projects taking place, we urge passengers to check before travelling as some engineering work will affect the main lines at Cambridge, Chelmsford and on the Rainham and Ockendon lines in Essex.

Nick Millington MBE moves into the permanent role of route director on the Wales and Borders route. Marcus Jones has been appointed as the new route director for the Western route, alongside Sophie Bancroft who takes on the role of operations director, also for the Western route. 

The new Leven station is beginning to take shape after two months of intensive work on the site.

Councillors and officers from Dorset Council, Richard Drax MP, Chris Loder MP and the managing directors for South Western Railway and Network Rail (Wessex) officially opened the station last Friday, 21 April.