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Richard Schofield, route managing director, Network Rail, said: “Fallen trees, debris and over-head line issues from today’s storm have impacted the railway in the region and we’d like to thank passengers for their patience.

New bridges, new lifts, new overhead power lines, new track, new footbridges; all have featured as record investment of almost £1m a day has been ploughed into the Anglia region’s railway over the past six months.

Network Rail's chief information officer is so concerned about the rapid slide in the number of women entering the UK's IT sector, she has launched a new competition for girls where the company will pay for the winner's first year of university fees.

Work to replace six level crossings in Essex with modern, safer alternatives has begun as part of Network Rail’s national level crossing safety improvement programme.

Work to replace three level crossings in Hertfordshire with modern, safer alternatives is set to begin over the coming weeks as part of Network Rail’s national level crossing safety improvement programme.

This weekend, a vital part of the Ipswich Chord project to build a new stretch of track that will help to take more freight off the roads and onto rail will be delivered when a new bridge is installed over Sproughton Road in Ipswich.

Network Rail today revealed details of an investment plan of £15m, aimed at improving the reliability of the infrastructure and punctuality of train services on the East Coast main line.

Members of the public are invited to attend an information event about road diversion required to rebuild a rail bridge in order to cut journey times between London and Sheffield.