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Network Rail has secured a budget of more than £2 billion to provide a safer and more reliable railway for passengers travelling on the south western rail network through Dorset.

Network Rail has secured a budget of more than £2 billion to provide a safer and more reliable railway for passengers travelling on the south western rail network through Hampshire.

Network Rail has secured a budget of more than £2 billion to provide a safer and more reliable railway for passengers travelling on the south western rail network through Surrey and the surrounding areas.

Rail passengers across Sussex, south London and parts of Surrey and people travelling to Gatwick Airport are being warned of disruption this Christmas as Network Rail spends £8.2m upgrading one of Britain's busiest railway junctions.

Passengers in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and East London are advised to check before they travel this Christmas and in early 2019 as major railway upgrades are planned.

• More than £148m to be invested over the Christmas and New Year period
• Railway open for ‘business as usual’ as majority of the network is unaffected by upgrade work

• More than £148m to be invested over the Christmas and New Year period
• Railway open for ‘business as usual’ as majority of the network is unaffected by upgrade work

Train services between Ayr and Stranraer will be restored from today.