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As part of Network Rail’s £170m Lee Valley Rail programme, disused land is being used to reinstate a third track between Stratford and Angel Road stations which was lost during the Beeching cuts of the 1960s. Video footage shows the installation of a new railway bridge in Tottenham which will once again carry a third track over the River Lea Navigation. Due to be complete in 2019, the project will enable two extra trains per hour*, unlocking sites for housing development and economic growth in the boroughs of Enfield, Haringey and Waltham Forrest.

• Gospel Oak to Barking line to fully re-open on Monday 15 January

• The new electrified line will be fully tested ahead of new state-of -the-art trains being introduced in spring 2018

The next phase of the Midland Main Line upgrade is set to begin in Corby this month with a major road bridge to be reconstructed.

Rockingham Road in Market Harborough will be closed over the weekend as Network Rail installs new drainage.

The latest work to upgrade signalling in Huddersfield and Dewsbury will take place later this month as part of the Great North Rail Project, with passengers advised to check before they travel.

Passengers using Great Northern rail services are urged to check before they travel today (Wednesday 3 January) following damage to the overhead power lines at Meldreth near Cambridge.

A speed restriction has been lifted on the rail line at Manea in Cambridgeshire following completion of a £1.5m package of structural repairs to two bridges during the Christmas period.

Network Rail will begin an £8.6million project to upgrade the railway at Newcastle station this weekend as part of the Great North Rail Project.