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• East Coast Main Line passengers are urged to check before they travel due to pioneering digital signalling testing this August bank holiday.
• No long-distance trains will operate between St Neots and London King's Cross from 8pm on Saturday 24 to 8am on Monday 26 August.
• It’s part of continuing work on the £1.4bn East Coast Digital Programme.

Network Rail is to carry out more than £5 million of major engineering work south of Leicester station which will improve reliability for passengers for years to come.

A major milestone has been hit as Network Rail teams have successfully electrified the line between Kettering and Wigston, allowing for greener and quieter journeys along the Midland Main Line in the future.

Rail passengers at Garforth station are now benefiting from a newly designed footbridge to access the railway.

Four young artists have won the chance to have their designs displayed on construction hoardings inside Darlington station during its multi-million-pound upgrade.

A year-long project to strengthen the iconic High Level Bridge which provides a vital road and railway link over the River Tyne is now complete.

The restoration of Huddersfield’s existing trainshed station roof will now commence to preserve the structure, with this being one of the few remaining ‘Euston Roof’ examples on the operational railway today.  

Plans for a state-of-the art government office development in York have been given the go-ahead.