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Rail engineers have worked over the festive period on the Felixstowe branch line as part of Network Rail’s £60m project to install a new 1.4km loop near Trimley which will enable increased freight traffic and improve reliability for passenger services.

Vital upgrades have been completed on the line between Ely and Peterborough to reduce delays and cancellations for passengers.

A team of Network Rail workers have successfully completed a major project to replace wooden beams within the Grade II listed King Edward Bridge in Newcastle.

Newly released time-lapse footage shows over 100 Network Rail workers completing the first stage of a major project to upgrade the track layout just north of Wellingborough station as part of the Midland Main Line Upgrade.

Football fans, bargain-hunters and revellers in the north are being warned of busier-than-usual trains this Saturday (Dec 29th).

Network Rail engineers will be working to complete more than £10m of maintenance and enhancement work over the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Network Rail is advising passengers travelling between Ayrshire and Inverclyde into Glasgow to expect changes to their services on each weekend in January as engineers undertake a range of works on the railway.

Passengers travelling between Crewe and Manchester are being advised to plan ahead as work to replace a bridge over the West Coast main line will ramp up in early 2019.