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•  More than 96% of the rail network will be open for ‘business as usual’ over the Christmas and New Year period
• While significant investment is being made in projects across the country, the £127m programme is a ‘lighter’ package of work than recent years
• Most journeys will be unaffected by engineering work but some lines are impacted, so passengers should plan ahead and check their journey details

Passengers wishing to travel by rail this Christmas are reminded to check before travelling as extensive Christmas engineering work will help to deliver significant benefits for passengers and continue with exciting new station builds.

A project to transform transport links in mid Cornwall so that residents can better connect to employment, education and key services, has been given the green light by the Council’s cabinet.  

Extreme rainfall will mean speed restrictions are in place across parts of Scotland’s Railway this weekend.

Network Rail’s Southern region has announced Mark Goodall as its route director to lead the Wessex route, one of the busiest networks in the country which includes all services out of one of England’s busiest railway station, London Waterloo.

Over 100 colleagues from Network Rail will be working around the clock this festive period to carry out key upgrades to the railway in Hadley Wood.

The Transpennine Route Upgrade has today (14 December) launched a new book along with author Chris Madeley.

Network Rail and train operators are reminding passengers to plan ahead and check before travelling as further upgrade work for the billion-pound East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) takes place on Christmas Eve.