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Passengers are advised to check before they travel as a phased programme of 23 days of works to upgrade the Wherry lines will start this weekend (1 February), which will also affect some of the road network.

Work to repair damaged caused by a derailed freight wagon on the Gospel Oak to Barking line has begun.

Network Rail will be working at Maryland on the main line from Norwich to London this weekend to renew track which will result in fewer delays and increased reliability.

Just after 6am this morning (Thursday 23 January), a freight wagon derailed between Leyton Midland Road and Walthamstow Queens Road on the Gospel Oak to Barking line which has resulted in delays and cancellations to London Overground services this morning.

Work to improve journeys for rail passengers in Southend resumes from Saturday 25 January between Southend Victoria and Shenfield.

Network Rail is launching a public consultation next week on proposals for a new railway station and associated infrastructure in the south of Cambridge.

Rail services were disrupted through Cambridge last night (Monday 13 January) following a dewirement at Shelford. This affected passengers travelling on Thameslink, Great Northern and Greater Anglia services from London to Cambridge.

There are currently no train services between Ipswich and Cambridge and Ipswich and Peterborough owing to a lorry becoming trapped under a bridge at Bury St Edmunds (Friday 10 January).