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Lending a hand: Railway staff help build new sensory garden for Pontarddulais community
Network Rail and contractors, Centregreat, teamed up with a local volunteer group to help put the finishing touches to a new relaxing space in south west Wales at Coed Bach Park in Pontarddulais following their completion of bridge repair works in the area.
Bats about Levenmouth Rail link
Network Rail has worked with staff at the Forth Rivers Trust to put up bat boxes along the route of the Levenmouth Rail link.
More news from Network Rail
More space for trains and passengers at Ribble Valley line station
The Network Rail work finished in April 2021 as part of a £70m Great North Rail Project investment. It’s seen a total of 120 platforms lengthened at over 70 stations across the north as part...
Increasing rail capacity through Ely – public consultation dates announced
The aim of the Ely area capacity enhancement (EACE) programme is to allow more trains to run through Ely by improving rail capacity and reliability for passenger services between key destinations. Increasing capacity on the...
Network Rail completes track and signalling repairs at Church Fenton – normal service resumes after engineering train derailment
Since the incident in the early hours of yesterday morning, teams have worked around the clock to carry out safety inspections, put the five derailed wagons back on track and move them offsite. They repaired...
火车出轨工程在教堂回到正轨Fenton ahead of vital repairs overnight
Network Rail workers have been on site since the early hours of this morning (Tuesday 4 May), when an engineering train derailed at Church Fenton, causing disruption between Leeds and York. The line between Church...
Bank holiday rail upgrades complete between London and Scotland
Between Saturday 1 and Monday 3 May, teams carried out vital work on the railway to improve passenger and freight services on the West Coast main line – the Backbone of Britain. The improvement work in...
Plans approved for rockfall shelter extension to protect vital stretch of railway in Devon
Network Rail hopes to begin construction work on the 209m long extension of the rockfall shelter north of Parsons Tunnel in August which will help protect trains against falling rocks along this section of vital...
Disruption between York and Leeds following engineering train derailment
Nobody was hurt when five wagons came off the tracks just before 02:00, but no trains are currently able to run between Church Fenton and Micklefield. This means services between York and Leeds are currently...
May bank holiday engineering works for Scotland’s Railway
While most of Scotland’s Railway will be unaffected, some areas will see significant changes – particularly on the West Coast Mainline connecting Glasgow to London. From Saturday May 1 until the early hours of Tuesday...