IMPROVEMENT works to the railway will cause travel disruption across the Bank Holiday weekend.

There will be no Abellio Greater Anglia trains to and from London Liverpool Street on Sunday or Monday and buses will run between Southend Victoria / Southminster and Newbury Park all weekend.

On Sunday and Monday, trains into London will run as far as Ingatestone, where passengers will need to get off the train, get on a replacement bus to Newbury Park and take the tube into Liverpool Street.

This is due to 1200m of wire being replaced at Brentwood.

To prepare for overhead line replacement along the line that runs from London Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria, a total of 46 new masts will be put in place.

Additionally, 550m of track will be replaced at Brentwood which will improve reliability.

A further 420m of rail will be replaced between London Liverpool Street and Bethnal Green.

Construction work to prepare for Elizabeth line services will also continue on the line from Brentwood to Liverpool Street.

Richard Schofield, Network Rail’s route managing director for Anglia, said: "Our work to build a bigger, better railway takes place round-the-clock, each and every day of the year.

"We’ve been careful to plan our work this bank holiday weekend to keep disruption to a minimum.

"Network Rail’s orange army will be working hard this bank holiday weekend to improve the railway in Anglia as part of our Railway Upgrade Plan which will provide better, more reliable journeys for passengers as well as carrying out Crossrail construction work to prepare for the arrival of Elizabeth Line services.

"Passengers have been shown themselves to be incredibly understanding while we invest heavily to improve our railway and I’d like to thank them in advance for their patience and support."

Jenny Outten, Network Rail's principle contractor manager for Anglia, said: "We do our work at bank holidays and extended holiday periods because fewer people are travelling on the railway.

"It’s the best time for us to get in there – we get more time to carry out the work and it’s less disruptive to the public.

"What we’re doing will make people’s lives better in the long run. We’re upgrading the existing railway, bringing it into the twenty-first century so we’ll have more capacity and more reliable services."

This type of work can only be carried out when the railway is closed, and passengers are reminded to check before they travel over the Bank Holiday weekend.

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