Network Rail East Coast

Wonderful celebration for the official opening of the new Darlington station entrance and platforms - speeches from VIPs, music from @Lindisfarnbilly, @mckay_hayley, Durham Music Service's youth band and the Band of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, and a guest appearance by Darlington-built @60163_Tornado too!

Last weekend there was a 3 day block of the ECML between York & Darlington-work completed included a major track & points renewal at Tollerton to improve reliability & ride quality, plus a new bridge installed as part of the York Central development project @LNER @NetworkRailEC

@Alice378031621 @ChimeWhistle @railnigel Thanks Alice, this has been passed on to the team.

@NetworkRailEC Hii, on platform 2 at Newcastle, south end, a fishplate on the outside of the curve is missing a bolt. @ChimeWhistle @railnigel

Reminder: Major rail improvement work is taking place on the East Coast Main Line over both May bank holiday weekends. Full details below... please plan ahead and check before you travel. gloo.to/FICJ

⚠️ Services between Stevenage and London King’s Cross are disrupted due to a fault on a train. 🕐 Disruption is expected to last until the end of the day. ℹ️ Please check @nationalrailenq for more information.

Railway improvement work we're carrying out in the North East will mean changes to some passenger services on Sunday 3 and bank holiday Monday 4 May. gloo.to/FIYb

Major rail improvement work between York and Northallerton will affect East Coast Main Line journeys on both May bank holiday weekends. Please plan ahead and check details of your journey before travelling. gloo.to/FYTp

A small but important improvement at London King's Cross Station - @LNER and @NetworkRailEC have jointly funded new platform end screens-when all installed these will provide much improved customer information, particularly when we have two trains sharing a single platform

Plan ahead and check before you travel at nationalrail.co.uk/ecdp

Services to/from London King’s Cross are affected this Sunday, 15 March, by further testing of the digital signalling system between Welwyn Garden City & Hitchin, part of the £1.4bn @_ECDP. Watch to see how digital in-cab signalling provides a proven system for better railways.

This Sunday’s @_ECDP testing is in addition to the programme of major improvement work taking place north of York at weekends during March. More details: gloo.to/Fb02

Watch to see how we are making the change to digital signalling...

This Sunday 15 March will see services south of Peterborough affected by further testing of the new digital in-cab signalling system between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin, part of the £1.4 billion @_ECDP. Please plan ahead and check before you travel. nationalrail.co.uk/ecdp

We’re carrying out essential upgrades at weekends through March to keep services reliable. Trains will still be running, but some routes are diverted and rail replacement buses will be in use. More details: gloo.to/Fb02

Thanks to passengers for their patience during the recent run of engineering work on the East Coast Main Line. Important testing for @_ECDP has been the main focus over the past two weekends. More details of this and other improvements made: gloo.to/Fb8B

Services to and from London King’s Cross are affected this weekend (Saturday 21/Sunday 22 February) by East Coast Digital Programme upgrade work. Please plan ahead and check before you travel nationalrail.co.uk/ecdp Watch below digital signalling from the driver’s POV. @_ECDP

More pics as we clear a landslip south of Wakefield, with trains set to resume tomorrow (Mon) Meanwhile, between York - Doncaster, we're replacing a broken rail after a temporary fix earlier We're sorry for today's disruption. Get the latest travel info: @LNER / @northernassist

New photos - clearing a landslip and stabilising the cutting slope south of Wakefield. Our work will continue into the night We are also on site between York and Doncaster to fix a broken rail on the southbound line We are sorry for today's disruption @LNER @northernassist

⚠️We are clearing a landslip south of Wakefield Westgate, on the Leeds - Doncaster line We're working fast, but it's a big job, and we're expecting this part of the line to be closed all day We're very sorry for the disruption: nationalrail.co.uk/service-disrup… @LNER @northernassist