Alarming new figures show that the number of young people taking risks on the railway track has nearly doubled in the Cambridge area in the last four years.

New trains, more services and fewer delays will transform the Southend Victoria branch line from 2020, as work is underway on a £46m upgrade to replace the overhead wiring system.

Network Rail will carry out £500k of repair and strengthening work to Chalkwell station footbridge, starting from Monday 9 July.

A full train service for Greater Anglia services on the Great Eastern Main Line will resume from Monday, following installation of a new piece of track at London Liverpool Street station last night.

A full train service for Greater Anglia services on the Great Eastern Main Line will resume from Monday, with engineers scheduled to install a new specialist piece of track overnight this weekend (16-17 June).

Network Rail is urging Great Eastern Main Line passengers to check before travelling over the next few days, as engineers work to fix a major track fault at London Liverpool Street station.

Pedestrians and cyclists who cross the railway at Slipe Lane, Broxbourne, are able to do so more safely as a new footbridge opened today (Friday 8 June) as part of a £4m Network Rail project.

Engineers are undertaking urgent repair work on a rail bridge in the Manea area between Ely and Peterborough. An area of deterioration was found on the rail bridge structure during a regular inspection. To protect the safety of those using the 170 rail services that cross the bridge daily , we, in cooperation with our train operator partners, decided not to run  services today between Ely and Peterborough.

Repairs have been progressing throughout the day and we expect the line to reopen for weekend services early Saturday morning.