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Passengers travelling along the Midland Main Line between London St Pancras and the north are being urged to check before they travel as engineering work between Leicester and Kettering will impact on journeys on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 August.

Construction of a temporary bridge in Kibworth has begun whilst essential work to adapt the existing bridge takes place, paving the way for a fully electrified railway between Kettering and Wigston. 

Great Northern and Thameslink passengers intending to travel to and from London on the East Coast Main Line over the August Bank Holiday weekend (26-28 August 2023) are being asked to plan ahead and check how their journey may be affected.

Passengers intending to travel to and from London King’s Cross and other destinations on the East Coast Main Line, and all other routes via Peterborough, over the August Bank Holiday weekend (26-28 August 2023) are being asked to plan ahead and check how their journey may be affected.

Passengers can look forward to smoother, more reliable journeys as major work gets underway on the Hertford Loop line and Northern City Line. 

Work will begin this Saturday 15 July on the construction of a new platform at Dore & Totley station in Sheffield.

Work to improve capacity at Leeds station, delivered as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade, has been awarded an ‘excellent’ BREEAM rating.

Colleagues from Network Rail and other industry partners cycled from London St. Pancras to Sheffield in just three days to raise money for Cancer Research UK.