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Network Rail is advising passengers that damage to overhead line equipment which is affecting services between Bedford and London St Pancras International should be fixed before rush hour this evening. This will allow train operators Thameslink and East Midlands Railway to run more services.  

Network Rail is urging passengers to check before they travel as a reduced train service is expected in the Bedford area throughout the day (Thursday 6 February 2020).

Work has begun to carefully restore an historic railway footbridge for passengers at New Mills Newtown station in the Derbyshire Peak District.

Network Rail will begin major work to improve Hebden Bridge railway station next week in a £500,000 investment.

Important rail upgrades and maintenance work will be carried out on the main line between Ipswich and Chelmsford on Sunday 9 February which will improve reliability of rail services in the region.

Network Rail is inviting people in North Ferriby to find out more about an £8million project to protect the railway embankment, which carries the Hull to Selby line, from further erosion. The work will mean services can continue running safely and reliably for years to come.

The first direct rail link in more than 50 years between Oxford, Bedford, Milton Keynes and Aylesbury has been given the green light for further work.

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