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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is celebrating the launch of direct Azuma services between Middlesbrough and London King’s Cross with Teesside becoming the latest destination to benefit from the arrival of LNER’s world-class trains.

New rail freight tunnel brings significant improvements to passenger journeys as part of the East Coast upgrade.

Passengers in the North East will soon benefit from a more modern, reliable railway as Network Rail teams are upgrading the signalling control system over Christmas.

Network Rail teams in York are giving up their Christmases to carry out essential work to upgrade the track north of York to make sure train services can continue running reliably for years to come.

• Network Rail has made sanitary products available to all who need them at Leeds station
• The new initiative aims to help tackle period poverty and make sure people can travel with confidence
• Products now available from free vending machines in the toilets

As the world-famous Christmas markets return to Lincoln, the rail industry has joined forces to help keep everyone safe.

Network Rail is continuing with major improvement work around Manchester over Christmas, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade.

• Engineers will remodel the track layout between platforms 4 and 6 over Christmas as part of a project to boost reliability and reduce the impact of future unplanned disruption
• Major work will take place on Christmas Day and Boxing Day when there are no timetabled train services
• Changes to services from Monday 27 December to Monday 3 January 2022
• Very limited services to or from Leeds station on Sunday 2 January – passengers urged to check before travelling