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• Vast majority of the rail network – more than 95% – will be open for business as usual for passengers travelling by train over the festive period
• Most of the £120m upgrade work planned for when passenger trains don't run – such as on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and overnight – to keep passengers moving over the holidays.
• Some routes will be affected by essential work, passengers advised to plan journeys in advance

A huge investment to bring lifts to Royston station and make it more accessible for passengers is now under way.

A major six-month renovation of Salford Central station upgrading platform heights, roof canopies, railway track and its signalling system will take place in the New Year.

High winds and heavy rain are set to hit the east of Scotland over the next 48 hours and speed restrictions will be imposed on sections of the railway.

Passenger services between Leicester and Peterborough will resume on Wednesday 23 November, after a bridge strike in Ketton, Rutland caused extensive damage, leading to the closure of the line.  

Network Rail’s Roskear signal box in Camborne, Cornwall, recently welcomed a special visitor – 16-year-old William Beynon from Hayle, who has recently celebrated being given the all-clear from cancer. 

Residents in Whaley Bridge are being invited to an information event to learn more about essential work next year to secure the future of the High Peak town's railway link.

Network Rail engineers have completed a £13.2m project to secure a railway embankment near Morpeth station on the East Coast Main Line, protecting the line for years to come.