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Network Rail is encouraging passengers in the East Midlands to check before they travel as Storm Babet is expected to bring severe weather.

Network Rail is advising passengers to check before they travel as major engineering work will impact on services between Bedford and London St Pancras over the next two weekends.

Network Rail has started work at Luton station as part of an extensive programme of improvements and upgrades designed to improve passenger experience.

Network Rail will be working at two sites in Lincolnshire to renew track and level crossing infrastructure to improve reliability for passenger’s journeys.

Network Rail and East Midlands Railway are reminding passengers taking journeys on the Midland Main Line this weekend to check before travelling as there are changes to services.

Passengers travelling along the Midland Main Line between London St Pancras and the north are being urged to check before they travel as engineering work between Leicester and Kettering will impact on journeys on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 August.

Construction of a temporary bridge in Kibworth has begun whilst essential work to adapt the existing bridge takes place, paving the way for a fully electrified railway between Kettering and Wigston. 

Colleagues from Network Rail and other industry partners cycled from London St. Pancras to Sheffield in just three days to raise money for Cancer Research UK.