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• Network Rail continues to simplify track layout at King’s Cross during main stage of £1.2billion East Coast Upgrade
• No trains to/from King’s Cross on the afternoon of Friday 4, and all day on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June
• No trains to/from St Pancras via Finsbury Park all day Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June
• Full service resumes on Monday 7 June
• Work will reduce congestion and bring more reliable journeys for passengers
• People should continue following the latest Government guidance and minimise travel

• Network Rail carrying out 620 upgrade projects worth £80m to improve railway for passengers
• Those looking to travel by train over the Late May Bank Holiday are urged to plan their journeys in advance and travel at quieter times where possible

Network Rail and contractors, Centregreat, teamed up with a local volunteer group to help put the finishing touches to a new relaxing space in south west Wales at Coed Bach Park in Pontarddulais following their completion of bridge repair works in the area. 

Network Rail has worked with staff at the Forth Rivers Trust to put up bat boxes along the route of the Levenmouth Rail link.

The reopening of the railway line between Okehampton and Exeter is one step closer after Network Rail finished relaying the new track and sleepers this week.

Network Rail is urging parents in Doncaster to warn their children about the potential dangers of misusing level crossings, after shocking footage shows youths trying to lift one of the crossing barriers in Rossington just moments before a train passes.   

Trains from London Waterloo towards Shepperton will not be able to call at Upper Halliford between Monday 17 May and Saturday 6 November, as work gets underway to replace one of the station platforms.

This contract award is good news for businesses in Devon with an agreement for money to be spent locally.