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Network Rail will begin work to extend the platforms at Martins Heron station on Sunday (19 June), allowing longer trains to call at the station as part of the organisation’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

Passengers travelling on the line connecting Norwich, Suffolk and Essex with London Liverpool Street will experience fewer heat related delays to train services in summer, following a major upgrade of the overhead lines which power the trains.

Network Rail is reminding passengers in Aldershot to check before they travel over the weekend of 25 and 26 June while it replaces a 120 year old bridge over Aldershot High Street as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan.

A new web app has been launched in the South East this week, with the aim of helping commuters take action if they think someone might be at risk on or near the railway. 

Hundreds of passengers were delayed on Sunday night (June 5) after trains struck a pushchair and a bicycle thrown onto the tracks in Gravesend, Kent.

A lorry driver has been banned from driving for two years after being caught by a police enforcement camera at a level crossing in Sussex.

The first piece of the new London Bridge station has come into use after more than 240 railway staff moved into new station offices over the bank holiday weekend, including a state-of-the-art control room. The move marks the first piece of the new station to come into operational use, with the first half of the stunning new concourse opening to passengers in August.

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.