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Rail passengers travelling between Newcastle and Edinburgh are being urged to check their journey before travelling as three weekends of track and drainage work begin on the East Coast Main Line this Saturday (14 September).

New findings* released today (Thursday 12 September) reveal railway professionals are underrated in public importance compared to other key workers.

Another step forward has been taken towards the introduction of digital in-cab signalling to the East Coast Main Line with the completion of dynamic ETCS (European Train Control System) testing for key trains in both the passenger and freight sector.

• Deer top the list of criminal animals that most frequently trespass on the railway
• But people are by far the worst offender
• Over the last year animals trespassed four times a day; people, every half-an-hour!

• East Coast Main Line passengers are urged to check before they travel due to pioneering digital signalling testing this August bank holiday.
• No Thameslink and Great Northern services will operate between Potters Bar and St Neots/ Royston, or between Hertford North and Stevenage on Sunday 25 August.
• Thameslink and Great Northern evening services from approximately 10pm on Saturday 24 August and early morning services on Monday 26 August until 9am, will also be affected.

• East Coast Main Line passengers are urged to check before they travel due to pioneering digital signalling testing this August bank holiday.
• No long-distance trains will operate between St Neots and London King's Cross from 8pm on Saturday 24 to 8am on Monday 26 August.
• It’s part of continuing work on the £1.4bn East Coast Digital Programme.

New photo-realistic pictures have been released to show what the inside of Darlington station will look like for passengers once its multi-million-pound revamp is complete.

Passenger and freight journeys on the East Coast Main Line are being protected from unstable ground conditions in one of the largest projects of its kind.