Road closures near Kirk Hill bridge were lifted as planned on Friday 17 July as Network Rail’s reconstruction project remains on target and nears completion. Because diversion routes must be the same type of road as the road being closed, several nearby roads were also closed to prevent them being used as shortcuts, allowing the […]
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Our First View of the Surface of Mars
“Touchdown, we have touchdown!” At 5:12 a.m. PDT, July 20, 1976, mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers as they learned that the Viking 1 lander had survived its descent through the thin Martian atmosphere. Forty minutes later, the lander’s first image began to appear on their monitors, slowly forming line by […]
Essential track renewals on the Crouch Valley line
Network Rail will replace 50 plus year old rails and sleepers between Battlesbridge and Southminster during a seven day programme of essential renewals in August, helping to maintain a safe, reliable and comfortable railway for passengers. Customers planning to use Greater Anglia services from Saturday 22 August to Friday 28 August 2026 are being encouraged […]
c2c Railway marks first anniversary in public ownership as the journey to Great British Railways accelerates
Rail operator c2c Railway has today published a summary of its key achievements and service performance during its first year in public ownership. Today marks one year since c2c rail operations transferred into public ownership under the Department for Transport Operator. The operator – now part of GBR Anglia, which brings together the leadership of c2c, Greater Anglia and […]