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Vital drainage work making the East Coast Main Line more resilient during wet weather has been completed as part of a major programme of railway improvements in North Yorkshire.

Further digital signalling upgrade work alongside essential track and lineside improvements will mean no trains on the East Coast Main Line between Peterborough or Letchworth and London on the last weekend of November.

The first digitally-signalled high speed services in the country have moved a step closer with Grand Central’s Class 180 fleet receiving the regulatory approval known as APiS* for the ‘first in class’ fitment of ETCS (European Train Control System).

Passengers are reminded that a major programme of railway improvements on the East Coast Main Line is taking place over the next two weekends (24-25 October and 31 October-1 November).

Network Rail is exploring how drones could help teams respond more quickly and safely to flooding, storms and other weather-related incidents on the East Coast Main Line.

Passengers are advised to plan ahead while a major programme of railway upgrades is carried out over the festive period, with no services able to call at or pass through Doncaster station on Christmas Eve.

Improvement work on the East Coast Main Line will mean changes to journeys on Sunday 18 October.

Passengers travelling between Newcastle and Scotland are now benefiting from a £7.1 million package of railway improvements delivered by Network Rail over the past three weekends.