Featured news
Rail disruption between London Euston and Milton Keynes this weekend
Passengers are being warned of disruption to rail services between London Euston and Milton Keynes until Monday because of damaged signals.
Railway engineering work postponed to help people get to the seaside this Bank Holiday
Plans for Bank Holiday engineering work on Great Western Railway’s route to Weymouth has been rewritten to keep trains running and help sunseekers enjoy a train ride to the famous Dorset coast.
More news from Network Rail
Residents invited to find out more about upgrade work to Merlins Bridge railway bridges at drop-in event
The drop-in event will take place on Tuesday 4 December from 3.30pm to 6.30pm at the Merlins Bridge Welfare Hall, Pembroke Road, SA61 1JW. No appointment is necessary and representatives from Network Rail’s project team...
Passengers experience faster and more reliable journeys after £21million Sevenoaks tunnel refurbishment
Passengers are experiencing more reliable and faster journeys on one of the busiest routes in South East England as a two-year renewal of infrastructure on the two-mile long Sevenoaks tunnel nears completion. The tunnel has...
Birmingham New Street expecting bumper numbers as shoppers bag Black Friday bargains
Nearly three-quarters of a million-people passed through Birmingham New Street station between Thursday and Sunday when the German Christmas market opened for 2018 last week. This weekend, when the market once again coincides with Black Friday (23 November),...
Next three Saturdays: buses replace trains between Wigan and Manchester as engineers upgrade the railway
The additional shifts of work are needed to complete the Manchester-Bolton-Preston electrification scheme - part of the Great North Rail Project to transform train travel for customers across the north. Closing the railway between Wigan...
Passengers are urged to check before they travel as final piece of £50million upgrade to railway in East Yorkshire takes place
On Saturday 1 December and Sunday 2 December, buses will replace trains between Hull, Selby and Goole as control of the signalling moves from old style, lineside mechanical signal boxes to Network Rail’s state-of-the-art operating...
Residents in Kentish Town invited to find out more about railway upgrade over Christmas
Between Saturday 22 December and Wednesday 2 January, 60 workers will spend a combined 14,000 hours continuing with work which began last Christmas to upgrade concrete slab which supports the track through Kentish Town. The...
Network Rail seeks partner to deliver major digital railway transformation programme
The Railway Systems Integration Partner (RSIP) will be appointed via a framework contract worth up to £45 million over eight years. The successful bidder will work within the organisation’s London North Eastern and East Midlands...
Local MP and councillors visit signal box as upgraded signalling is delivered in Cornwall providing benefits for passengers
George Eustice MP (Camborne, Redruth and Hayle), councillor Geoff Brown (portfolio holder for transport, Cornwall Council) and Mark Duddridge (Chair, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership) took part in the signal box visit...