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Rail passengers across the north of England are today feeling the benefit of significant rail investment as two new stations opened for the first time.

The Tram Train project in South Yorkshire will take a significant step towards completion in the coming weeks as construction work continues.

Network Rail has applied to the Secretary of State for Transport for a Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) to close or modify 61 level crossings across Essex, Hertfordshire, Havering, Southend and Thurrock.

• Network Rail supports around 13,690 local jobs in the East of England and last year £611.51 million was spent with 258 local businesses
• Every weekday 190,000 passengers travel with Greater Anglia from 132 stations. The company is committed to improving the service with more trains, faster journeys and more seats, spending £1.4 billion on all new trains
• £100 million spent every single week by Network Rail on improving the railway in Britain

The final episode of a four-part documentary which has gone behind the scenes of the railway industry airs tonight on Channel 5 at 9pm.

Ben Cockburn, a construction manager for Network Rail, appears in a new documentary series which goes behind the scenes of the rail industry.

A new documentary which goes behind the scenes of the rail industry has highlighted just how strong Lincolnshire’s ties with the railway are.

Network Rail has applied to the Secretary of State for Transport for a Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) to close or modify 24 level crossings across Suffolk.