Key rail upgrades for Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex passengers were completed over Christmas and New Year as part of a package of work that will transform journeys into the capital.

• Today marks full opening of London Bridge station to the public
• Faster journeys and more reliability for millions of passengers who use the network daily

South Western Railway passengers are able to travel through Southampton again after Network Rail successfully completed £8 million of track renewal work on schedule over the Christmas period.

• London Bridge’s huge new concourse and five new platforms open to the public
• Cannon Street services will now resume stopping at London Bridge
• New platform built at Redhill to increase capacity and reduce delays on the Brighton Main Line
• All part of Network Rail’s £160m Christmas investment programme

Passengers in Berkshire and Oxfordshire will benefit from more seats and better journeys as Network Rail delivered electrification to Didcot on December 27 as part of their Railway Upgrade Plan.

Train customers in the West Midlands are being urged to plan journeys in advance and allow extra time over the festive period while work takes place to make the railway more reliable.

British Transport Police and Network Rail will be holding an awareness day at Insch level crossing on Friday (December 22) after a worrying rise in misuse incidents.

A new footbridge which provides a safe route across the railway in Hagley has opened.