The platforms at Market Harborough station are being substantially reconstructed during four weekends from 21-22 June to 12-13 July, with other work during weekdays where this does not affect train operations. 
It has been discovered that the infill material between the front and back walls has failed, leading to some unevenness and surface cracking.  It is being dug out and replaced.  As the platforms are only six years old, we understand this work is being undertaken by the contractors at no cost to the railway.  Luckily, the line is already closed at weekends until the end of July for track engineering work at Wigston, so advantage of that has been taken for the platform work. The station has been a very busy work-site, with many people and vehicles engaged and large tonnages of material both removed and delivered.
Replacement buses have been running every 20 minutes between Kettering, Market Harborough and Leicester during this work, though they would have been running anyway because of the other engineering work closing the line through Wigston.
The work is being done one section of the platforms at a time.  The contractors are clearly under pressure to complete each respective section and hand it back intact in time for the first train on Monday mornings.

Via our local MP, Harborough Rail Users have called upon the Government to act to bring an end to the current plague of strikes on the railways.  The various disputes have been going on for months and, apart from an apparent glimmer of hope in early November, and a couple of specific settlements, they show no sign of ending anytime soon.  There are no winners, and the disruption causes serious difficulty to the public – who have no say in any of this.  It is time to sort this mess out!
Harborough Rail Users therefore sent the following open letter to Harborough MP Neil O’Brien on 11th December 2022:
Dear Mr O’Brien,
We are concerned about the train service currently being provided at Market Harborough.
In addition to the national disputes involving the RMT, ASLEF and TSSA unions, East Midlands Railway are involved in disputes with the Unite union.
This means that services through Harborough are being disrupted on additional days to the national strikes.
It is making the service unacceptable both to regular and occasional users.
The Government keeps stressing how much money was poured into the railways to allow key workers to get to work during the pandemic.
What are those key workers - and others - supposed to do now?
We have heard the views of the Government, the Rail Delivery Group and the trade unions over and over again.
They do not need repeating.
This issue is affecting thousands of your constituents.
It is now time to get back to the negotiating table and make a settlement.
Yours sincerely,
Harborough Rail Users
 
We sent this also to the local press, with some additional comments, and it was the front-page lead in the Harborough Mail on 22nd December. 
It is important to stress that Harborough Rail Users are politically neutral and impartial.  We are not taking sides, nor are we apportioning blame.  We also recognise that EMR have made considerable efforts to provide a train service at Market Harborough, whereas many places have had no trains at all on strike days.
Of course, the railways are by no means the only sector currently affected by strikes.  However, it is time to sort this mess out!