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Network Rail is inviting suppliers to bid for the next generation of track work contracts, the largest of its kind being undertaken for the upcoming funding period.

A full train service for Greater Anglia services on the Great Eastern Main Line will resume from Monday, following installation of a new piece of track at London Liverpool Street station last night.

• Local communities encouraged to help shape the final design of a potential new rail link from Reading and Slough to London Heathrow Airport

• Public consultation closes on 22 June

Passengers and station users in Market Harborough will benefit from a brand new 300 space car park from Monday, 18 June as the Midland Main Line Upgrade brings major improvements to the railway in the area.

Network Rail engineers have completed the first stage of upgrades in an eight week programme to remodel station platforms and upgrade signalling as part of Liverpool Lime Street station’s major transformation.

Network Rail is urging passengers travelling between the North East and Huddersfield, Stalybridge and Manchester to check before they travel as work takes place to the railway.

Network Rail is urging passengers travelling between Yorkshire and Huddersfield, Stalybridge and Manchester to check before they travel as work takes place to the railway.

Passengers travelling in the Greater Manchester area and from Manchester to Yorkshire and the North East are reminded to check before they travel this weekend as upgrades to the railway take place.