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A long-standing speed restriction in place on the railway between Shenfield, Essex and Seven Kings, London during the summer can now be lifted, following completion of important railway improvement works over Christmas, benefiting all passengers travelling between Norwich and London.

Network Rail is reminding road users in Hull that vital improvement work will begin on a bridge over the railway close to Hull Paragon next week.

Network Rail and the British Transport Police (BTP) are warning cyclists to use level crossings safely after CCTV footage shows a cyclist in a horrifying near-miss with a train.

Over 120 Network Rail workers will be giving up Christmas with their families to carry out vital upgrades to the railway in Leeds.

Network Rail has confirmed that the long-awaited £2.7million refurbishment of Middlesbrough station will begin in the spring next year.

Network Rail has completed a key milestone in a project to reconstruct Awsworth Road Bridge in Ilkeston.

Network Rail and The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre visited Joyce Frankland Academy in Newport, Essex on Tuesday, 13 December, to perform their hard-hitting ‘Off the Level’ production and teach students about railway safety.

Network Rail project manager, Gary Desmond, from Benfleet, Essex is about to work his 16^th Christmas, delivering important upgrades to make the railway more reliable for the increasing number of passengers who travel from Southend to London Liverpool Street.