A major programme of improvement work will take place at London Bridge rail station this August Bank Holiday, preparing the way for bigger changes next year.

Network Rail’s ‘orange army’ has entered the final and most critical stage of its work to prepare Bath’s railway line for electrification, with all work currently on schedule for the line to reopen on September 1.

The first of three platform upgrades at Moorfields station, part of a £12m investment by Network Rail, has been completed.

Four railway workers – from an apprentice to a track manager who has given more than 30 years’ service – are to feature in a new series of adverts advising passengers about engineering work at bank holidays.

Passengers planning to travel between London Liverpool Street and Norwich are being reminded to check before they travel this August bank holiday as Network Rail will be carrying out improvements as part of its railway upgrade plan. 

Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne visited the new training campus at the Basingstoke Rail Operating and Training Centre with two of Network Rail’s first year apprentices on Thursday (20 Aug).

A new entrance flanked by a row of shops and cafes will complete the transformation of a south London street next to the new London Bridge station.

Proposals for a new station in Chesterton have been given the go-ahead by Cambridge City council.