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The East West Rail scheme has taken a step forward with the award of a design contract to global engineering consultant, Parsons Brinckerhoff.

First Capital Connect, Network Rail and Hertfordshire County Council welcomed the Minister of State for Transport Baroness Kramer to Hatfield station on Thursday September 11 for a tour of the improvement work.

New lifts are providing step free access for rail passengers at Hitchin station.

More than £430m was invested in improving and expanding Britain’s rail network in East Anglia over the last 12 months, Network Rail revealed today in its full-year results for the 2013/14 financial year.

Rail passengers travelling on the busy Great Eastern Main Line can look forward to more reliable journeys as a major programme to renew ageing infrastructure starts this May.

Brentwood MP Eric Pickles was in Ingatestone on Friday 25 March to see the newly completed underpass, which allowed Network Rail to permanently close Ingatestone Hall footpath level crossing.

Tomorrow marks the beginning of a new era for rail passengers in East Anglia as Network Rail embarks on an ambitious £2.2bn five-year spending programme in the region.

Transport minister Stephen Hammond was in Ipswich on Friday 21 March to see the newly completed 1.2km stretch of railway built by Network Rail to increase capacity for freight trains and ease a major bottleneck affecting passenger services on the Great Eastern Main Line.