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Network Rail and its contractor, J Murphy and Sons Ltd, will be replacing the central spans of Nazeing New Road bridge from early January, requiring a four-month road closure and changes to train services.  

An area of reedbed near Haddiscoe station will be left to do its own thing after the landowner, Network Rail Anglia, pledged it to the WildEast movement.

While people across the country enjoy well-earned time off and tuck into some tasty treats this Christmas, hundreds of Network Rail Anglia engineers will be out in force upgrading the region’s railway.

• Network Rail reveals more than 1800 bridges were hit by vehicles in 2021/22 with Anglia’s Stonea bridge top of the bashes with 33 impacts

• Other Anglia structures at Abbey Farm in Thetford and Coddenham Road bridge in Needham Market also make it to the top 10 list with a surprise return entry by the Stuntney Road bridge in Ely 

• Bridge strikes cost Network Rail almost £12 million in delay and cancellation fees over the year

• Network Rail is urging lorry drivers to ‘Wise Up, Size Up’ by knowing the height of their vehicles and choosing suitable routes before they head out on journeys

Starting in December and continuing into next year, Network Rail will be carrying out vital track and embankment strengthening work on a section of the Ipswich-Lowestoft line.

A package of works on swing bridges in Norfolk and Suffolk has been completed this autumn as part of a project to improve their reliability.

Network Rail and the British Transport Police now have a birds eye view of the railway, which can help to find trespassers quickly, keeping everyone safe and preventing delays.

Network Rail will be working on upgrading electrical and mechanical systems inside Reedham and Somerleyton swing bridges from Saturday 22 October to Sunday 30 October.