On the weekend of Saturday/Sunday, 22nd/23rd August, train services between Leicester and Peterborough will be replaced by buses. The disruption is to allow Network Rail to renew 576 metres of drainage at Kirby Bellars in Leicestershire to help prevent flooding, and replace 583 metres of track at Ashwell in Rutland. Anyone intending to travel on this route over that weekend, they should check details of their journey with National Rail’s Journey Planner or their train operator before travelling. Network Rail is fighting a continual battle against drainage and flooding problems across the railway network, and later this month 495 metres of drainage will be renewed at Alfreton in Derbyshire, and a line in North Wales will be closed for flood prevention works.