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Passengers using rail services across London and Cambridgeshire are being reminded to check before travelling this Christmas for planned engineering work taking place which may affect rail journeys. 

Following a partial closure of the London Overground Mildmay line over 11 days at Christmas, Network Rail will continue to deliver a major track replacement project over three weekends during January and February.

Network Rail teams will be carrying out essential maintenance on the Essex Thameside line over several weekends in January and February 2026. These works are aimed at keeping the railway safe, reliable, and comfortable for passengers.

Network Rail will be returning to Melton level crossing in Suffolk on Friday 5 December 2025 to carry out essential improvement works as part of its ongoing commitment to maintaining safe and reliable infrastructure.

Rail engineers are planning to upgrade the safety features of the level crossing on Meldreth Road, Cambridgeshire, as part of the wider re-signalling project over Christmas.

Over two November weekends, Network Rail will be completing the latest stage of a project to swap out 40-year-old signalling components at the Norwich end of the Great Eastern main line.

Local residents and business in Woodbridge and Melton are being reminded to continue to plan ahead as weekend level crossing closures continue for planned engineering work throughout November and early December on the East Suffolk line. 

Network Rail has released new CCTV footage showing a teenager risking everything to play a potentially deadly game at a level crossing north of Diss station.