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• Passengers advised not to travel as significant disruption to journeys to/from London on the East Coast Main Line this weekend
• On Saturday, 25 and Sunday, 26 January, lines between Peterborough and King’s Cross and Hitchin and London St Pancras closed
• Next set of provisional service disruptions announced for 2020/2021
• £1.2billion investment will provide faster journeys, more services, thousands more seats and improved reliability for passengers

• Passengers advised not to travel as significant disruption to journeys to/from London on the East Coast Main Line this weekend
• On Saturday, 25 and Sunday, 26 January, lines between Peterborough and King’s Cross closed
• Next set of provisional service disruptions announced for 2020/2021
• £1.2billion investment will provide faster journeys, more services, thousands more seats and improved reliability for passengers

London Waterloo station played host to Brew Monday to encourage people to have a chat with someone to improve their mental health.

Network Rail will be delivering a multi-million-pound programme of maintenance and renewal work on the West Coast Mainline over 10 weekends between April and June this year.

• Updated proposals published for changes to the rail line in south Devon which needs to be better protected from cliff falls, land slips and damage caused by extreme weather
• Public consultation now open until 1 March for local communities across the south west to help shape the final design of the scheme
• Six-week consultation includes details of the plans to realign the railway to make room for corrective measures to stabilise the cliffs
• The updated plans mean most of the beach is retained with improved leisure access and amenities including new, fully accessible coastal walking routes

A well-used railway footbridge near Mossley Hill station in Liverpool is being fully refurbished from next month.

Network Rail has added another consultation event in Teignmouth, Devon, as they prepare to share their updated plans to protect a section of railway in south Devon that is bordered by steep cliffs on one side and the sea on the other.

Passengers were thanked today for their patience and advised to check before they travel after emergency repairs to overhead lines on the West Coast main line.