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Passengers at Hertford North station are now benefiting from step-free access to all platforms after the completion of a major accessibility improvement scheme.

Batley station in West Yorkshire has become the latest station to realise the benefits of the Transpennine Route Upgrade, which is transforming journeys across the North through upgraded stations, improved accessibility and a faster, more reliable railway.

Network Rail is investing £5 million to replace the railway bridge over Agbrigg Road in Wakefield with a more reliable structure designed to serve passengers and freight for well over a century.

Vital drainage work making the East Coast Main Line more resilient during wet weather has been completed as part of a major programme of railway improvements in North Yorkshire.

Major improvement works delivered by the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) in Church Fenton have taken the programme a significant step closer to delivering faster, more frequent and more reliable rail services for customers travelling across the North.

Passengers are reminded that the reconstruction of a Sheffield bridge deck will affect some journeys in the area this weekend (7-8 November).

Further digital signalling upgrade work alongside essential track and lineside improvements will mean no trains on the East Coast Main Line between Peterborough or Letchworth and London on the last weekend of November.

A railway-mad youngster enjoyed a special day behind the scenes on the railway – nearly 10 years after his memorable first visit to a signal box.