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Birmingham New Street station's concourse will play host to a variety of acts and activities during the city’s biggest culture and arts festival this August bank holiday weekend.

As Network Rail and Southeastern welcome passengers back to the rail network over the late August Bank Holiday, major routes to Kent and East Sussex beaches are open for business.

Network Rail is reminding passengers that while the majority of the network is open, there will be some improvement work taking place over the bank holiday between Saturday 28 and Monday 30 August.

The Ely to Peterborough rail line reopened this morning (Tuesday 24 August) following completion of works to repair damage caused by a collision between a freight train and a tractor last week.

Repair works are close to completion on the Ely and Peterborough rail line following a collision between a freight train and a tractor last week, which means the line will reopen tomorrow (Tuesday 24 August).

In all, more than 40 miles of railway was closed, from Saturday, 14 August, until Sunday, 22 August, for a mixture of upgrades and maintenance across over 120 different sites. Buses replaced trains between Arundel, Horsham, Crawley and Dorking for the nine days. 

• Railway improvements between London, the West Midlands, and North West are taking place between 28-30 August
• Future passenger and freight journeys will benefit from a £17m investment
• Passengers are advised to ‘look before they book’, travel at quieter times and out of respect for others, wear a face covering in busy indoor settings

Passengers travelling by train this bank holiday in the Anglia region will be able to do so as Network Rail’s engineering work has been planned to minimise disruption.