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Network Rail engineers in Sussex will be working around the clock this week to finish upgrading the line between Lewes and Seaford with modern, more reliable signalling technology to reduce delays for passengers.

Ashford and Kent rail passengers are advised to check before they travel this weekend, 23-24 November and between 26 – 29 December, as Network Rail works to improve the railway between Ashford International and Canterbury West stations.  

Local residents and rail passengers are invited to four public drop-in events during November and December to hear about Network Rail’s major 9-day closure of the Bexleyheath line from Saturday 15 to Sunday 23 February 2020.

Passengers on the Hastings line are advised to check before they travel this weekend following the announcement of emergency engineering works scheduled for this Sunday.

A regular poppy seller at Charing Cross station was thanked this morning for thirty years of hard work supporting the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal.

Network Rail has completed a £500,000 upgrade at Edenbridge station to improve safety for passengers in Kent.

Network Rail has today reminded passengers in East Sussex that a four-day railway closure affecting trains via Lewes starts in just four weeks.

Disruption to services between Chichester and Barnham will continue into Tuesday as Network Rail engineers work to fix a signalling fault on the line.