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Passengers are being advised to plan their journey to and from London Paddington as early as possible this Christmas ahead of Network Rail’s biggest ever Christmas upgrade.

Screen legend Dame Barbara Windsor’s voice will greet visitors to Network Rail stations across the nation over the coming week, as part of the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal.

Residents and passengers in Market Harborough are invited to attend a drop-in session to discuss the planned improvements to Market Harborough station and the Midland Main Line.

Network Rail has thanked the community of Hexham after a 10-month project to rebuild an embankment following a huge landslip last winter.

Passengers at Wokingham and Bracknell stations will soon benefit from longer trains as Network Rail’s work to extend the station’s platforms continues.

Network Rail is advising passengers travelling to and from Yorkshire to plan their journeys as early as possible this Christmas ahead of another huge programme of upgrade work with up to 200 projects being delivered across Britain over this holiday period.

Network Rail is advising passengers to plan their journeys as early as possible this Christmas. This is ahead of another huge programme of upgrade work with up to 200 projects being delivered across Britain over this holiday period.

Passengers travelling on the railway through Fareham will benefit from better, more reliable journeys from this morning thanks to a major, week-long upgrade completed on-time this weekend by Network Rail.