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Passengers planning weekend rail journeys this June are being advised to check before they travel due to railway upgrades between Northamptonshire and London and Leicester and Peterborough.

Changes to weekday services between Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Leeds will be in place from Monday 24 June to Saturday 20 July as Transpennine Route Upgrade completes major upgrades.

Passengers are invited to meet railway managers at a series of events to learn more about how their journeys might be affected by a large-scale bridge replacement.

Passengers travelling to and from the East Yorkshire coastline can now look forward to making easier, more accessible journeys after a major investment into station accessibility.

The centenary of the Manton railway tragedy has been marked with a special event on Thursday 23 May held by Network Rail and the University of Portsmouth.

Network Rail, East Midlands Railway, and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) are coming together to issue their top tips to passengers to keep them on the move during major upgrade work that will close sections of the Midland Main Line in June.

A milestone has been reached for the electrification of the Midland Main Line after the final bridge was demolished on the Kettering to Wigston stretch to prepare for new overhead wires to be powered up.

Leeds United football fans travelling by train to Wembley for the Championship play-off final are being given a hat-trick of travel tips for a winning journey.