Tuesday 2 Jan 2024
Rail renewals, upgrades and projects delivered successfully over Christmas across Anglia.
Region & Route:
Eastern: Anglia[1]
We’re thanking all our customers and passengers for their understanding and patience over the festive period…
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Network Rail warned today that major station construction programmes, track renewals, overhead line renewals, bridge demolitions and maintenance will be taking place over Christmas and may disrupt travel plans.
At Cambridge South, a new track realig…
Head Street will be closed from its junction with Church Street for a distance of approximately 55m in a southerly direction.
Alongside this, the road will also see a temporary No Waiting, No Loading and No Stopping restriction introduced.
The closure …
Only minor injuries were sustained after a crash involving a lorry and a taxi in Cambridge.
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The crash happened in Coldham’s Lane near Barnwell Road and a railway bridge.
Photos of the damage following a crash in Coldham’s Lane, Camb…
Proposals to extend an Ipswich[1] warehouse and build a new side access road have been deferred.
At its planning and development meeting today, Ipswich Borough Council put off making a decision on an application by Hemisphere Freight Services to conduc…
Due to a vehicle striking a bridge between Newmarket and Cambridge the line is blocked.
Impact
Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until further notice.
Customer Advice
Due to a Lor…
On New Year’s Day, the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway[1] (the ‘Middy’), Suffolk[2]’s only standard gauge preserved railway, is holding its annual Steam & Light Festival[3] when once again it will be hosting an exhibition by the Historical Lighting Society o…
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Hemisphere Freight Services (HFS), a family-owned logistics company, has agreed to acquire the warehousing and freight forwarding operations of Suffolk-based Magnus Group, which has fallen into administration.The agre…
Network Rail is warning Christmas[1] travellers of disruption across the Anglia region due to extensive engineering work.
Its workers will be carrying out major station construction, track and overhead line renewal, bridge demolitions and maintenance o…
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