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Network Rail is investing £8.6m to renew vital pieces of track to the south of Newcastle station this January as part of the Great North Rail Project.

Passengers planning to travel between London and the East Midlands this Christmas are being advised to check before they travel as essential improvement work is carried out between Kentish town and London St Pancras.

Network Rail will install new drainage to Rockingham Road bridge in Market Harborough as part of the Midland Main Line improvement programme.

Ford End Road bridge in Bedford will be closed overnight to allow Network Rail to resurface a section of road after carrying out investigation work into the structure.

Network Rail will begin work on a project in Newark which will see around 1km of track removed and replaced with new, modern rails.

Network Rail has completed the installation of a new drainage pipeline under railway line in Malton that will play a crucial part in the area’s emergency flood plan.

Network Rail is inviting residents in Bedford to find out more about work to upgrade the railway on the Midland Main Line.

Network Rail reached a significant milestone in work to upgrade the line between London and Corby as overhead line masts for electrification were installed on the route for the first time in over 40 years.