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Commuters in Anglia are being warned to take care at level crossings on their journey home from work after new figures from Network Rail revealed that across Britain, more than half of all near misses with trains at level crossings over the last five years took place during the evening rush hour with more than a fifth of these happening in Anglia.

Passengers in the South East suffered delays yesterday evening and this morning (Thursday and Friday) after three bridges were hit by high vehicles within 12 hours of each other.

Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) have today, Friday 4 March, signed a formal alliance with the aim of delivering a better travelling experience for passengers by working more closely together.

Hundreds of thousands of passengers from Anglia are set to benefit from one of the biggest Easter investment programmes ever carried out on Britain’s rail network. Work over the holiday period will follow the weekend works that have taken place since early February to deliver a more reliable railway for those using train services in and out of London Liverpool Street, and to prepare the line for Crossrail.

Passengers across the south are set to benefit from their share of one of the biggest investment programmes ever carried out on Britain’s rail network at Easter.

Network Rail’s orange army has been out in force over the last four weekends in Essex to carry out work as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan to deliver a more reliable railway and to prepare the line for Crossrail.

London’s second-busiest station will be much quieter this Easter break as Network Rail improvement work means no trains will run from Victoria to Sussex and Gatwick Airport.

Passengers planning to travel into London and across Kent this Easter should check before they travel as Network Rail will be carrying out a major improvement programme in the area over the bank holiday weekend.