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Works to replace worn out track on the line between Norwich and Lowestoft will take place in June and August to provide a better journey experience for passengers. This follows works successfully completed last February to replace 3km of track in the Hassingham area.

Work is now underway to replace more than 1,200 sleepers located on the Tay Bridge, the longest railway structure in Scotland.

A £1million Network Rail project to upgrade the footbridge at Welwyn Garden City station will now reopen in June and complete in the Summer, after additional defects were identified and severe weather and social distancing measures impacted on progress.

A section of railway between Somerset and Wiltshire will close for nine days from 13-21 June to allow Network Rail to secure a railway cutting ensuring more reliable journeys for passengers, as well as removing two speed restrictions.

Passengers are being advised that there will be no services in or out of London Euston after 9pm this Thursday (4 June) while work to overhead electric power lines is carried out.

Network Rail engineers have successfully completed a vital upgrade of the railway between Fareham and Eastleigh in Hampshire to provide a more reliable train service for passengers

Network Rail is warning people in Sleights about the dangers of trespassing on the railway following multiple incidents of walkers using the railway to get to the other side of the River Esk.

Trains have started running on the Cumbrian Coast line again after three consecutive storms forced the railway to close earlier this year.