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The programme has taken another step towards delivering faster, more frequent trains on a more reliable railway across West Yorkshire and beyond following the latest series of planned improvements.

LNER and Network Rail are issuing essential travel advice to Middlesbrough FC fans travelling to Wembley this weekend as major engineering work will affect train services.

The Northern City Line (NCL), between Finsbury Park and Moorgate in the City of London, today (Tuesday 19 May) celebrates one year since its physical lineside signals were removed. 

A package of major engineering work continues on the East Coast Main Line over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend (23-25 May), passengers are reminded.

Successful testing at speed has been completed of upgraded digital software on a Thameslink Class 700 unit, preparing the largest passenger fleet on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) for the introduction of in-cab digital signalling.

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is improving railway infrastructure across the North, and driving significant economic growth in the towns and cities it serves, a new report commissioned by Network Rail has found. 

Passengers using the Thameslink platforms at London St Pancras are being advised that step-free access will be temporarily unavailable while major refurbishment work takes place to improve the long-term reliability of the station’s lifts.

Improvement work at Keadby sliding railway bridge will mean changes to journeys between Doncaster and Cleethorpes this weekend (16-17 May).