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A total of 19km of new overhead wires is planned to be installed between Mountnessing and Wickford on the Southend Victoria branch line over the coming months, as part of a £46m upgrade to replace the overhead wiring system.

Vital track improvements will take place between Manningtree and Witham this August bank holiday weekend and over the Autumn months, to improve reliability for thousands of passengers using main line services every day.

Network Rail, East Midlands Trains and CrossCountry are urging passengers travelling between Leicestershire and Derby to check before they travel as changes to services continue as part of the Derby Resignalling project.

Network Rail, East Midlands Trains and CrossCountry are urging passengers to check before they travel as changes to services continue as part of the Derby Resignalling project.

Network Rail is inviting residents in Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire to find out more about work to close Kings Mill Lane level crossing and replace it with a footbridge over the railway.

Network Rail has issued a safety warning to residents and tourists in Hessle and North Ferriby after instances of people trespassing on a closed footpath.

A new safety film by Network Rail based on ideas by pupils at Kingswood Secondary Academy in Corby has been viewed over 1million times in just three weeks.

The footbridge at Chalkwell station on the line between Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness reopened today (Friday 27 July) following repair and strengthening work.