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Network Rail and train operators are continuing to urge passengers in Yorkshire to check before travelling as flooding and high winds brought by Storm Babet are causing disruption to services.

Network Rail is encouraging passengers in the North East and Yorkshire to check before they travel as Storm Babet is expected to bring severe weather.

Network Rail is encouraging passengers in the East Midlands to check before they travel as Storm Babet is expected to bring severe weather.

Residents in Yarm are invited to a public information event ahead of Network Rail carrying out major engineering work to the Grade II Listed Yarm Viaduct.

Network Rail and train operators are urging passengers travelling on services to, from and through Morpeth to check before travelling as repair work to Plessey Viaduct takes place.

Network Rail has completed a set of engineering work at Royston which, for the first time in its Eastern region, has been carried out with the worksite producing zero carbon emissions.

Train services in the Morpeth area are facing disruption as Network Rail undertakes urgent repair work at Plessey Viaduct, which is between Cramlington and Morpeth.

On 27th September 2023, Network Rail and Freightliner hosted industry leaders to celebrate the official opening of its second Operational Training Academy, located in Doncaster Frenchgate Centre. The Operational Training Academy will prepare Freightliner’s freight train drivers for the introduction of in-cab digital signalling on the East Coast Main Line - South.