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During four consecutive weekends in February, engineers will be working to maintain our infrastructure between Stratford, Shenfield, Billericay and Southend Victoria as well as weekend work at the site of the new Beaulieu Park station.

We’re thanking all our customers and passengers for their understanding and patience over the festive period while our engineers completed an extensive set of railway engineering work across the Anglia region to benefit passenger and freight services.

Network Rail has entered into an agreement with Cambridgeshire County Council to restore habitats disrupted during the construction of the new station in Hobsons Park and deliver the targeted local biodiversity net gain of 10%.

Passengers wishing to travel by rail this Christmas are reminded to check before travelling as extensive Christmas engineering work will help to deliver significant benefits for passengers and continue with exciting new station builds.

• Better, more efficient step free access for all passengers using Grays station
• Two new lifts to be installed under the Government’s Access for All scheme
• Existing underpass to temporarily close early in the new year for lift installation work

Passengers wishing to travel by rail this Christmas are being encouraged to check before travelling as extensive engineering work will be taking place across the Anglia region. 

• There will be an extremely limited train and replacement bus service between London and Peterborough, Cambridge, and Kings Lynn
• Buses will run to key stations only and many stations will not be served for the whole day
• Passengers urged to consider travelling a day earlier if possible

Network Rail has upgraded three level crossings in Norfolk with brand new safety equipment.