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Friday 10 Jul 2026

Stay informed about rail work in your area with free email updates

Region & Route:

Eastern

Residents in the North East of England are being encouraged to sign up for emails from Network Rail about upcoming railway work happening in their area.

Lineside neighbours living within 500 metres of a railway line or infrastructure can register for updates at www.networkrail.co.uk/railworknearme.

People signed up to the service are notified of maintenance, rail upgrades and engineering work near them, including potentially noisy work, overnight and weekend working, or work that might mean road closures or diversions.

Signing up to the emails means residents no longer receive the traditional letter by post. The switch saves paper – and significant amounts of money in postage. Preferences can be managed at any time.

During a successful pilot in 2023 – covering a selection of projects including the Midland Main Line upgrade and Bolton to Wigan electrification scheme – more than 207,000 notifications were sent. This resulted in a total saving of £362,988.

Liz Wilmshurst, Network Rail head of communications, said:

“We want our neighbours to have the most up-to-date information about railway work near their homes or workplaces, whether it’s routine maintenance or major upgrade projects.

“By signing up to our digital notification service, people will receive quicker updates about work that may affect them, including any last-minute changes.

“Making the switch from printed letters to email also helps to reduce our paper use, protecting the environment, and saves taxpayers’ money.”

Network Rail has 25 million neighbours nationwide and looks after 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges and viaducts, 20 railway stations and thousands of level crossings and signals.

• Visit www.networkrail.co.uk/railworknearme or use the QR code to fill in a short online form to sign up for the digital notification service.