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Network Rail is advising pedestrians and cyclists that Brayford Wharf East level crossing in Lincoln will temporarily close as a project to install a footbridge over the railway continues.

This Christmas and New Year, 100 Network Rail workers will forego time at home with their families to carry out vital improvements to the railway near Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, as part of the Midland Main Line Upgrade.

A major signalling fault at Woking is affecting services on the South Western Main Line with passengers strongly advised to check before they travel.

Passengers in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and East London are advised to check before they travel this Christmas and in 2019 as major railway upgrades are planned.

Toilets at Manchester Piccadilly, Leeds and Liverpool Lime Street railway stations will be free to use from next Monday.

Festive party-goers across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire are being urged to take extra care of their friends and colleagues - as new figures reveal that within the Christmas and New Year period, the number of violent offences recorded at railway stations fuelled by alcohol have more than doubled in the last two years¹.

Network Rail is inviting residents in Bedford to find out more about work taking place to the railway this Christmas and in the New Year as part of the Midland Main Line Upgrade.

Over 35 Network Rail workers will be giving up spending the festive period with their families to carry out vital improvements to the railway in York.