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Network Rail engineers will be making more improvements to the busy railway around Lewisham this Christmas, continuing their efforts to improve reliability at one of London’s most congested spots.

• This year's theme of neurodiversity is being celebrated through special 'umbrella' art at London Bridge, Victoria and Waterloo 
• Stations will also be lit up in purple symbolising the new positive narrative about the contribution of disabled people in the workforce and the wider community, including at Network Rail. 

A bigger, more spacious entrance and concourse with a brand-new waiting room, café and ticket office are just some of the benefits passengers will enjoy as part of a £5.2m upgrade to Maidstone East station.

New £4.8m access scheme ensures passengers with mobility issues can get to and from trains without using stairs

• £8m upgrade to South East London’s railway through the Lewisham area being carried out over Christmas and New Year
• Improvements will help to provide a reliable service for passengers in heavily-congested part of network
• Service changes from Monday 27 December 2021 to Monday 3 January 2022 inclusive

• A week-long project to prevent landslips between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings has further reduced the risk of disruption as the industry works to win back customers.
• Stations painted and cleaned, platform surfaces improved and biodiversity enhancements completed at five sites on the route.
• Climate change-related extreme weather means continued monitoring and improvement of rail network required across the region

• Strengthening of multiple steep-sided landslip-prone cuttings near Tunbridge Wells
• Work to refurbish Etchingham footbridge and improve bio-diversity along the line 
• Bus replacement services will take passengers to their destinations while works are carried out

Network Rail has unveiled plans to improve the safety of crossing a 90mph railway line at a village outside Sittingbourne in North Kent.