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• 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.

• J Murphy and Sons Ltd awarded £93.4 million contract to build Cambridge South station.
• Passengers will benefit from quicker and easier access to the city’s biomedical campus – Europe’s largest centre of medical research and health science.
• New station will support 300 new construction jobs and forms part of the proposed East-West Rail route, which aims to unlock £103 billion of economic growth.

Work to improve access to Wymondham town centre, as well as vital maintenance to the railway, will mean six consecutive days of rail replacement from Saturday 21 – Thursday 26 October 2023.

On Friday 13 October, the Mayor of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, Dr Nik Johnson, joined partners from the rail industry on a tour of Cambridgeshire’s network.

Weekend engineering work will be taking place on the Essex Thameside line as part of important renewals and maintenance to keep the railway running reliably and safely.

From October, railway engineering work is taking place on the Great Eastern main line to continue to construct the new station at Beaulieu Park affecting some weekend passenger services and undertake vital maintenance work.

Network Rail will be conducting essential track maintenance and timber renewals between Norwich and Cromer, Sheringham, Great Yarmouth, and Lowestoft on five consecutive weekends starting this October.