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Network Rail is advising people who are using the disused Leven railway corridor to ‘be aware’ as activity increases ahead of work to reinstate the line.

• Network Rail is improving the track layout at London King’s Cross and reopening a disused tunnel in the main stage of a £1.2billion upgrade of the East Coast Main Line
• Slightly reduced services continue to run over the Easter bank holiday for passengers making essential journeys, and people are urged to minimise travel
• No trains to/from London King’s Cross on Friday 23, Saturday 24 or Sunday 25 April
• Platforms 0-6 will reopen for passengers on 26 April as work begins at platforms 7-11

A year’s worth of work to upgrade the railway in Northampton has been completed in just five days by Network Rail.

Over two miles of track has been replaced on the West Anglia Main Line which will reduce the number of delays caused by track faults for passengers travelling between Liverpool Street, Stansted and Cambridge.

New signals will be switched on in South West London, this Easter introducing modern, more reliable equipment to improve rail journeys for passengers.

Passengers at Birmingham New Street are being urged to check their platforms throughout 2021 while major signalling upgrades take place to improve future journeys.

Passengers who need to travel into London from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex over Easter are urged to check their journeys in advance as Network Rail plans to carry out major upgrades to improve reliability on the busy main line and Southend branch lines.

Network Rail is the first organisation in the country to sign a ground-breaking agreement designed to enable works whilst improving the natural habitat of the great crested newt.