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Railway safety is being highlighted to families and children by using a popular attraction at the North East’s biggest shopping centre.

Rail passengers are being advised of changes to train services through Huddersfield over four weekends in August, as TRU completes major upgrades along the Transpennine route.

• East Coast Main Line passengers are urged to check before they travel due to pioneering digital signalling testing this August bank holiday.
• Thameslink and Great Northern services between London and Peterborough/King’s Lynn will be affected.
• It’s part of continuing work on the £1.4bn East Coast Digital Programme.

• 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.