Passenger journeys on the country’s shortest branch line are now much smoother after a track upgrade between Stourbridge Town and Stourbridge Junction.

Network Rail has completed 23-days of intensive works in the Clacton-on-Sea area to replace the Victorian signalling system with a modern, computer-based system.

Brand new, easy-to-use cycle racks have been installed at Liverpool Street, increasing capacity for bikes at the station by 25%.

• 78% of people living in the Eastern region say their mental health has been negatively impacted by the pandemic
• Network Rail launches new ‘There is Always Hope’ campaign with national mental health charity, Chasing the Stigma

• 78% of people living in the Eastern region say their mental health has been negatively impacted by the pandemic
• Network Rail launches new ‘There is Always Hope’ campaign with national mental health charity, Chasing the Stigma

A vital project to protect the future of the railway from Oxted in Surrey to Uckfield and East Grinstead in Sussex continues with important bridge repairs and a new lick of paint.

Passengers are being advised about urgent repairs to Birkenhead North station’s lifts after they were damaged by water.

Network Rail is keeping people on the move this Easter (2-5 April) while carrying out £31m of upgrades to improve future passenger and freight journeys between London and Scotland.