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For the next two weekends, 7 and 8 March and 14 and 15 March, buses will replace trains along the Greenwich line between Deptford/Blackheath and Plumstead stations, as Network Rail works to lay nearly a kilometre of new track, sleepers and ballast on the line.

• The line between Fareham and Eastleigh will close for improvement works between May 23 and 29
• Engineers will install almost a mile of new track between Fareham and Botley
• Passengers will benefit from a more reliable railway and better performing train journeys
• Bus replacement services and train service diversions will keep passengers moving

There is still time to have your say on Network Rail’s plans to connect Reigate to the Thameslink network.

Sunflower-branded lanyards are now available to passengers with hidden disabilities to discreetly show they might need extra help while travelling.

Network Rail engineers are taking emergency action to shore up a damaged section of railway this weekend on the Uckfield line.

• Bridge renewed at Yetminster despite torrential rain and 70mph winds of Storm Dennis
• Tunnel strengthened in Dorchester to further improve the railway’s reliability
• Two more weekends of work are coming to finish off a package of improvements

Kent passengers are seeing the benefits today as Network Rail handed the railway back on time following a 9-day closure for vital engineering work to protect passengers from disruption caused by landslips.

Work is underway to reopen the railway between East Grinstead and Lingfield by 30 March after two landslips blocked the line.