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London partygoers urged to plan ahead this New Year’s Eve
Network Rail is urging passengers travelling to and from London for New Year’s celebrations to plan their journeys ahead of time as trains and stations are likely to be busier than usual.
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TRU brings in new year with new 200-tonne bridge and station enhancements
Over Christmas and New Year, a series of major upgrades across multiple sites on the Transpennine route took place, taking customers one step closer to faster, greener and more reliable journeys between Manchester and York.
Passenger and freight journeys improved after £20m Christmas railway upgrades
The railway between London and Scotland via the West Midlands and the North West has fully reopened after multiple engineering projects were successfully delivered.
Trickily tight tunnel track upgrade complete on West Coast Main Line
Engineers have completed a complex track renewal through a narrow Victorian railway tunnel to improve West Coast Main Line journeys for passengers and freight.
Snowy weather this weekend: passengers advised to check before they travel
Rail passengers travelling in the North West, West Midlands and on the West Coast Main Line between London and Scotland are advised to check before they travel this weekend as heavy snowfall is expected in some areas over the weekend.
New digital era dawns for train traffic control through Crewe
Passenger and freight trains are now benefitting from a once in a generation overhaul of the signalling system serving one of Britain’s busiest railway junctions.
Manchester Piccadilly travelator closed for urgent repairs
Passengers travelling through Manchester Piccadilly’s platforms 13 and 14 are being advised of work to repair one of the travelators.
Two weekends of journey changes between London Marylebone and Birmingham
Passengers who travel on the Chiltern main line between London Marylebone and Birmingham are being warned of two consecutive weekends of journey changes which start this weekend.
Railway’s 200th anniversary is on track for a bumper year
- Royal Mint unveils commemorative rail coin
- Global launch of year-long bicentenary programme
- Railway 200 celebrates British invention that shaped the world
- 100+ events planned so far across UK