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Network Rail has completed an innovative 12 month programme of electrical works, infrastructure upgrades and operational changes to boost reliability on a critical section of track between Liverpool Street station and Bethnal Green.

Network Rail is working with technology startup nPlan to use Machine Learning technology across its portfolio of projects, potentially transforming the way major rail projects are delivered across Britain. Through using data from past projects to produce accurate cost and time forecasts, the partnership will deliver efficiencies in the way projects are planned and carried out, and improve service reliability for passengers by reducing the risk of overruns.

Works to replace a bridge at Eccles Heath, which was damaged in a road traffic incident in 2017, are set to start at the end of this month.

Network Rail is urging passengers in Yorkshire to check before they travel on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November as vital improvement work continues to create the first new platform at Leeds station in nearly 20 years.

Network Rail’s £25m upgrade of Barmouth Viaduct will see the historic landmark protected for local people and visitors for generations to come

Track, sleepers and ballast have been replaced by Network Rail’s engineers as part of a programme of upgrade works to make train services more reliable between Ipswich, Ely and Cambridge.

Network Rail is set to launch the second round of consultation for Cambridge South station this month.

• Safety speed limits will be imposed on trains between London Euston and Lancashire this weekend
• Passengers to expect journeys to take longer and urged to check before travelling
• Ensuring the safety of passengers and railway staff is the priority