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Network Rail has secured a £2m boost from the Department of Transport (DfT) to help develop plans to help relieve congestion at London’s Stratford station.

Rail passengers travelling between Ely and Peterborough will benefit from a more reliable service following a programme of wheel timber renewals across four bridges near Manea, starting Saturday 11 September 2021.

Network Rail will carry out essential track and maintenance works between Marks Tey and Chelmsford on the busy London to Norwich main line on some weekends in September, October and November.

Network Rail has completed a package of rail works in the Southend and Cambridge areas to improve journeys for Anglia’s rail passengers.

Network Rail has successfully completed a key milestone in the development of the new railway station for Soham which will pave the way for trains to start to call at the station from December 2021. 

The Ely to Peterborough rail line reopened this morning (Tuesday 24 August) following completion of works to repair damage caused by a collision between a freight train and a tractor last week.

Repair works are close to completion on the Ely and Peterborough rail line following a collision between a freight train and a tractor last week, which means the line will reopen tomorrow (Tuesday 24 August).

Passengers travelling by train this bank holiday in the Anglia region will be able to do so as Network Rail’s engineering work has been planned to minimise disruption.