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Works have been completed along the 49 mile East Suffolk line to install essential new equipment, making level crossings safer and reducing wait times at user worked level crossings.

Network Rail has developed a safety video to bring its safety education programme to schools and communities across Anglia as lockdown measures begin to ease.

Essential rail works have been completed on the Clacton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze branch lines during the Late May Bank Holiday weekend to improve reliability for those who need to travel and for when more passengers return in the future.

Works have been completed on the Norwich and London mainline near Manningtree to reinforce the embankment and protect the tracks by preventing vegetation and debris falling onto the line. This will help keep the line clear and trains running safely for those who need to travel by train.

Members of the public whose daily exercise involves using level crossings are urged to take extra care this week as rail services have increased.

Essential rail works will take place on the Clacton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze branch lines during the Late May Bank Holiday weekend to improve reliability for those who need to travel and when more passengers return in the future.

Network Rail is carrying out essential works at Purfleet on the London to Grays (Tilbury Loop) rail line to reinforce the embankment and protect the tracks by preventing vegetation and debris falling onto the line. This work will help keep the line clear for those who need to travel by train.

Network Rail is working hard to keep supermarkets supplied with food by working with suppliers on two new food routes from Valencia and Murcia into Barking in London.