Figures show increase in freight train movements in Network Rails Eastern Region over corresponding period in 2019/20. New scrap metal service introduced from Ilkeston to Immingham. Sunderland Docks branch scrap metal service recommenced to cope with rising demand. New contract to move 350,000 tonnes of waste from Barking to Scunthorpe. New intermodal cargo terminal constructed in Sheffield.

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Network Rail and its main contractor, J Murphy & Sons, are close to completing the £133 million electrification of the Gospel Oak to Barking line.
Work on the London Overground line is 80 per cent complete and on schedule to reopen in February 2017 following a lengthy closure.
From 2018, the two-car Class 172 diesel units currently in use will be replaced by four-car Bombardier Aventra EMUs.
Over 100 kilometres of overhead catenary and more than 600 structures are being installed along the line.
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