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Network Rail will be holding a media event on Monday, 12 December at Doncaster station to mark the opening of the newly installed platform 0.

Residents of Hertfordshire and Essex are invited to see updated proposals being taken forward to close level crossings in the region, as a result of feedback from consultation sessions held earlier in the year.

Residents of Cambridge are invited to a public information event to see updated proposals for the closure of Barrington Road level crossing, as a result of feedback from consultation sessions held earlier in the year.

Residents of Suffolk are invited to see updated proposals being taken forward to close level crossings in the region, as a result of feedback from consultation sessions held earlier in the year.

Network Rail is urging Kirby Muxloe residents to close level crossing gates after use, after a spate of incidents where the level crossing gates have been left open.

Work to electrify the last London Overground route is 80% complete, a key milestone in the £133m upgrade to the railway between Gospel Oak and Barking, which will see two car diesel trains replaced with four car electric trains from 2018.

Network Rail will hold information events in Crossgates, Garforth and Selby next week to inform people living near the railway of vegetation removal work.

Passengers travelling on the railway between Norwich and London and across to Cambridge are being asked to check before they travel, particularly at weekends as complex improvement works continue over Christmas and into 2017. This work will deliver vital railway upgrades for the Crossrail programme and remove long-standing heat related speed restrictions.