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Network Rail’s orange army will be out in force, installing new track in the Ipswich and Colchester areas on the main line into London at weekends in September and October to make services more reliable and reduce delays for the millions of people that travel on this route every year.

Network Rail is looking for six new apprentices in Norfolk and Suffolk for its award-winning engineering apprenticeship scheme to start in March next year.

Railway companies running the East Coast Main Line (ECML) have got together to form a dedicated Route Supervisory Board.  The board will ensure there is one voice representing customers, holding the rail industry to account and ensuring the different elements work together to drive improvements.

Public information sessions will take place during early September at every station on the Gospel Oak to Barking line, ahead of its closure for electrification work.

Passengers on trains travelling between Ely and Peterborough are travelling over a much stronger and reliable railway bridge over the Briggate River in Whittlesey, Peterborough today, following its installation over the August bank holiday weekend.

New overhead wire was installed at Brentwood this weekend, to improve reliability on the main line between Norwich and London as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

Preparations for the exciting Virgin ‘Azuma’ trains move two steps closer to completion this month, as major railway upgrades are completed.

Train fans are urged to stay safe and keep off the tracks this weekend when the iconic Tornado steam train makes its journey from Kings Cross to Great Yarmouth.