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Over two weeks this summer, Network Rail is spending £6m to address the recurring issue of flooding on the line between Fulwell and Shepperton, particularly at the Fulwell Tunnel, as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan.

Residents in the Cheshunt area are being reminded the importance of obeying signals and signs at level crossings, following a spike in potentially dangerous incidents at level crossings in Trinity Lane, Waltham Cross and Wharf Road, Broxbourne.

Journeys into London will be more reliable for passengers travelling on the busy line from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex following successful completion of vital upgrade work over the spring bank holiday (28-30 May).

Commuters returned to work today on a better, more reliable railway thanks to the efforts of Network Rail’s orange army, who worked round-the-clock to improve the network over the bank holiday weekend.

• More than 40,000 hours worked at 19 different locations in outer London, Berkshire and Essex to prepare tracks, infrastructure and stations for new railway that will be known as the Elizabeth line
• A selection of images of the Spring bank holiday Crossrail project works are available to download below

• Network Rail unearths further historic remains of Brunel’s engineering workshops during Crossrail project construction works near Paddington
• Archaeologists recorded the discoveries and ensured they were preserved before continuing with upgrade work

People across Essex, Havering, Southend and Thurrock are being invited to a series of consultation events to see Network Rail’s initial plans to potentially close or change the use of 61 level crossings across the region by altering the public Rights of Way network.

People across Hertfordshire are being invited to a consultation event in Harlow to see Network Rail’s initial plans to potentially close or change the use of 9 level crossings across the county by altering the public Rights of Way network.