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The next phase of the Midland Main Line upgrade is set to begin in Corby this month with a major road bridge to be reconstructed.

Rockingham Road in Market Harborough will be closed over the weekend as Network Rail installs new drainage.

The latest work to upgrade signalling in Huddersfield and Dewsbury will take place later this month as part of the Great North Rail Project, with passengers advised to check before they travel.

Passengers using Great Northern rail services are urged to check before they travel today (Wednesday 3 January) following damage to the overhead power lines at Meldreth near Cambridge.

A speed restriction has been lifted on the rail line at Manea in Cambridgeshire following completion of a £1.5m package of structural repairs to two bridges during the Christmas period.

Network Rail will begin an £8.6million project to upgrade the railway at Newcastle station this weekend as part of the Great North Rail Project.

Key rail upgrades for Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex passengers were completed over Christmas and New Year as part of a package of work that will transform journeys into the capital.

Network Rail is reminding passengers travelling between London and the East Midlands to check before they travel as vital upgrade work takes place on the Midland Main Line.