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Essential and urgent engineering work on the Brighton Main Line north of Gatwick Airport means that passengers need to plan ahead and check before they travel.

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Passengers travelling on the Brighton Main Line are advised to check before they travel tomorrow and Tuesday.

Bookings have opened for visits to a unique exhibition train, part of a national celebration of the 200^th anniversary of the modern railway called Railway 200. 

Network Rail will undertake work to strengthen the railway embankment near Edenbridge, with buses replacing trains along the route.

Passengers in south London and Sussex are being asked to check before they travel this weekend as Network Rail carries out work to upgrade and improve the railway at various locations.

Passengers at Sutton station in south London can look forward to new, more reliable lifts, as Network Rail starts to replace them next month.

A programme of repairs to an embankment supporting the busy Brighton Main Line has been finished.