Friday, June 10, 2022
Trains will be diverted around Bristol Parkway this Sunday in the first of a series of planned rail improvements this summer. Network Rail will renew track and structures in the Bristol Parkway area in June and carry out essential maintenance …
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Gig goers using Manchester Piccadilly station this weekend are being advised to plan ahead if travelling to the city for concerts by The Killers, Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys and Parklife festival. More than 300,000 people are estimated to attend the …
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Work to overhaul the signalling system at Britain’s busiest interchange station has reached a major milestone. Over the last 15 months more than 230 miles of cabling has been laid to connect 64 new LED colour light signals at Birmingham …
Thursday, June 9, 2022
People in Sussex will be able to cross the railway much more easily and safely following the opening of a new subway at Hassocks. The new structure replaces the old Woodside level crossing which closed in summer 2021 due to …
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
This weekend, hundreds of Network Rail workers will carry out key upgrades to the railway in Yorkshire in a boost to reliability. The upgrade will see more than 420 metres of track renewed in South Elmsall and over 340 metres …
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Passengers are being advised that rail routes between London, the Midlands and North West will be open as usual during the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend (2-5 June). It’s after Network Rail engineers made the most of bank holidays earlier …
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Network Rail staff have come to the aid of rail colleagues in Ukraine after delivering a convoy of vehicles loaded with equipment to help keep the Ukrainian railway running. Ukrainian Railways, Ukrzaliznytsia, requested help from the international railway family via …
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Liverpool FC fans planning to travel to the city by rail for this weekend’s victory parade are being advised to check before they travel as Lime Street station will be extremely busy. Thousands of people are expected to descend on …
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Network Rail’s state of the art Rail Innovation & Development Centre (RIDC) has carried out its first testing of a train retrofitted with onboard digital signalling equipment. The Class 180 train, owned by Angel Trains and operated by Grand Central, …
Monday, May 16, 2022
A new safety scheme has launched which will fit more than 15,000 of Britain’s freight locomotives and wagons with technology that enables the condition of wheelsets – a pair of wheels mounted on an axle – to be monitored in …
