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Essential work to upgrade a railway bridge in Aldershot will see the high street closed for three weeks over the next three months.

Residents in Lea Bridge will now be able to reach two of London’s key transport hubs in six minutes, by boarding a train at the new Lea Bridge Station in Leyton, East London from today (Monday 16 May).

The Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, visited the site of a new £50m station north of Cambridge today (12 May 2016), to see the progress that has been made one year before it officially opens to the public.

A new railway bridge over Aldershot High Street is to be painted blue and red by Network Rail engineers in a nod to the town’s historic army garrison and football club.

Network Rail is continuing its programme of work to the railway between Tonbridge and Hastings through Tunbridge Wells, to improve the reliability of services for passengers on the line.

The railway line between Farnham and Alton has been re-opened earlier than anticipated thanks to round-the-clock working by Network Rail’s orange army, during another busy Bank Holiday weekend for its railway engineers.

Britain’s 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.

Network Rail and Great Western Railway thanked passengers and lineside neighbours today for their patience following the completion, on time, of railway improvement work in the south west and Thames Valley.