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Network Rail is advising passengers travelling to and from Yorkshire to plan their journeys as early as possible this Christmas ahead of another huge programme of upgrade work with up to 200 projects being delivered across Britain over this holiday period.

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.

A Network Rail track worker has been praised after he carried an injured swan which crash landed on the railway line in West Yorkshire for half a mile to receive treatment.

Network Rail and East Midlands Trains have thanked customers in Corby and Kettering for their patience as a major phase of the rail upgrade plan is completed.

Suffolk residents are invited to an information event to find out more about major improvements to the railway line that runs between Ipswich to Felixstowe which includes building extra track and closing level crossings as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

Timelapse footage has captured the installation of a footbridge that connects the ticket office with the platforms at the new Cambridge North railway station, due to open in May 2017 as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

Station Road bridge in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire will reopen tomorrow evening after Network Rail has completed the majority of work to repair and upgrade it.

Greater Anglia and Network Rail are taking action and investing in new equipment in an effort to minimise disruption to rail passengers caused by slippery rails during the Autumn.