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With Easter just over a week away, and the early May bank holiday fast approaching, Network Rail is reminding passengers to check their plans if they’re travelling across East London, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk as it carries out a package of upgrades.

Four level crossings on the Felixstowe branch line will be upgraded to make crossing the railway safer as part of a £60.4m project to increase capacity.

Network has today (Tuesday, 9 April) announced details of the next stage of work to Bromham Road bridge in Bedford, as part of the Midland Lain Line Upgrade.

Passengers can now see how their journey will be affected during a six day closure of the line through Market Harborough as timetables for rail services during this major stage of work have today (Tuesday, 9 April) been released.

Network Rail, in partnership with TransPennine Express and the Department for Transport, has successfully completed a major project to improve accessibility at Scunthorpe railway station through the installation of a new footbridge and two new lifts.

Network Rail, working in partnership with Northern and TransPennine Express, has successfully completed a vital project at Marsden railway station which will make alighting and boarding trains calling at platform two much easier.

Work to upgrade the Norwich, Yarmouth and Lowestoft railway in Anglia moved forward last week as the fourth phase of re-signalling works were completed during a nine-day suspension of rail services on the Wherry lines.

Network Rail is advising passengers in the East Midlands to check before they travel on the weekend of 13/14 April as the latest stage of the Midland Main Line Upgrade takes place.