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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is celebrating the launch of direct Azuma services between Middlesbrough and London King’s Cross with Teesside becoming the latest destination to benefit from the arrival of LNER’s world-class trains.

Network Rail engineers will be working on tracks near Salisbury station on 18 December, meaning buses will replace South Western Railway and Great Western Railway trains between Salisbury and Andover/Romsey/Southampton until early afternoon.

Passengers are being warned of major disruption to trains after a fault with signalling equipment in Wigan.

A Grade II listed signal box on one of the country’s most picturesque rail routes has been refurbished to improve future journeys for passengers and freight.

A new permanent bridge over the railway on Dumbarton Road in Old Kilpatrick, has now re-opened.

New rail freight tunnel brings significant improvements to passenger journeys as part of the East Coast upgrade.

Every mile of track is being inspected across Wales to detect and remove hazardous trees and help save a threatened species 

Passengers in the North East will soon benefit from a more modern, reliable railway as Network Rail teams are upgrading the signalling control system over Christmas.