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Trains between London and Peterborough/King's Lynn will be affected over the next four weekends by engineering work including further progress on digital signalling, passengers are reminded.

Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) teams have completed over 32 days of major upgrades between Leeds and York, helping deliver faster, greener, more frequent services across the North.

Buses will replace trains between Saturday 14 and Sunday 22 February while Network Rail carries out essential upgrades to help keep the railway safe and reliable for the future.

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Emergency works to repair a landslip in Ockley means buses replace trains between Dorking and Horsham 26 January until at least Friday 30 January.

Engineers will carry out emergency works near Ockley from Monday 26 to at least Friday 30 January to stabilise the railway following a landslip.

To allow these repairs to take place safely, buses will replace trains between Dorking and Horsham throughout the week.

Passengers are advised to check before travelling and allow extra time for their journeys.

Network Rail is searching for Scotland’s next generation of railway engineers with applications for the 2026 apprenticeship programme opening soon.

Network Rail is set to carry out £4m of improvements to bridges across the Inverclyde line.

Network Rail was on a roll at the Loo of the Year Awards as it scooped a number of titles, with the Platform 12 toilets at London Paddington being crowned as the best railway station toilets in Britain.