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Network Rail has begun the work needed to enable the reopening of Plumpton level crossing, in Sussex.

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 over the Christmas and New Year period.

After 10 days of engineering work, a new viaduct has been brought into use at London Bridge, carrying trains to Charing Cross and Waterloo East.

After 10 days of heavy engineering work, a major railway junction at Purley, near Croydon, is back doing its job and carrying thousands of passengers every day.

Passengers travelling on the railway connecting London with Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk have been thanked for their patience over the Christmas and New Year period after Network Rail engineers successfully completed a major programme of improvements to provide better, more reliable services across the region.

The railway between Dover Priory and Folkestone Central in Kent is currently closed following severe damage to a sea wall at Dover.

With just over a week to go until Christmas, Network Rail’s orange army are preparing for one of their busiest festive periods so far.

A Network Rail test train has run through central London completely under the control of the European Train Control System (ETCS) over two weekends of testing.