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Network Rail reopened Nazeing New Road on time yesterday morning after completing a four-month project to deliver a replacement bridge. The new bridge is expected to help road users and train passengers travel through the area safely and reliably for 120 years. It needed to be fully replaced as it had reached the end of its useful life.

Much of the railway network is open over the May bank holiday and Coronation weekend across the Anglia region. But with major station and renewals projects taking place, we urge passengers to check before travelling as some engineering work will affect the main lines at Cambridge, Chelmsford and on the Rainham and Ockendon lines in Essex.

Engineers are set to start five consecutive days of vital work on the line between Norwich and Lowestoft.

Network Rail has stabilised and widened a mile-long embankment on the East Suffolk Line to the north of Martlesham.

Network Rail’s bridge replacement project in Broxbourne is moving closer to completion.

Update May 2023. Following feedback outlining some concerns from the local community regarding the approach set out in the mural project competition, we have taken the decision to end this competition at this time and carry out a review of the project as a whole to address these concerns and ensure we get the right outcome for everyone. We will therefore end this process while the review takes place and will look at re-launching the competition later on in the year.

Network Rail has planted a new 100m hedgerow in a local park, improving biodiversity by providing an ideal habitat for animals, birds and insects.

Engineers are preparing for a package of works later in the spring that will help drive down delays on the lines that run between Norwich - Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth and Sheringham.