The railway bridge over the A162 London Road at Barkston Ash near Selby is also to be replaced – and track will also be renewed at Holgate and Colton on the Transpennine route between York and Leeds.
But Network Rail engineers say that, unlike last year – when passengers faced massive disruption because of because of a huge, £6 million programme of track renewal in and around York railway station which lasted from Christmas Eve right through to January - passengers should not be affected this year.
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