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Festive travel advice for passengers ahead of Manchester Christmas Markets
Network Rail is keeping passengers safely on the move this Christmas, but antisocial behaviour will not be tolerated.
It's time for Liverpool Street Station
Network Rail Property launches consultation on new plans to transform Britain’s busiest station.
Network Rail successfully completes four major projects across Kent, East Sussex and South London as part of October half term engineering work
Rail passengers have been thanked for their patience while Network Rail completed major projects on the Isle of Sheppey, suburban south London, and in the countryside of Kent and East Sussex.
COMPLETED: Lymington branch line reopens following first phase of track upgrades
Train services on the Lymington branch line resumed this morning (Monday 4 November) following a week-long closure for track vital upgrades.
Thameslink & Great Northern service changes for in-cab signal tests
- East Coast Main Line passengers are urged to check before they travel due to further digital signalling testing taking place at the end of November.
- Thameslink and Great Northern services between London and Peterborough/King’s Lynn will be affected, with rail replacement bus services in place.
- It’s part of continuing work on the £1.4bn East Coast Digital Programme.
East Coast Main Line in-cab signalling tests in four weeks' time
- East Coast Main Line passengers are urged to check before they travel due to further digital signalling testing taking place at the end of November.
- No long-distance trains will operate between St Neots and London King's Cross on either Saturday 30 November or Sunday 1 December
- It’s part of continuing work on the £1.4bn East Coast Digital Programme.
East Kilbride-Glasgow line to close for 16-week £140m electrification upgrade
From January 2025, engineers will be working around-the-clock for 16-weeks to deliver major engineering works as part of the project to electrify the railway between East Kilbride and Glasgow.
TRU celebrates one month of PlanBEE Rail apprentices
Today (Friday 1 November) marks one month since a cohort of new apprentices joined the TRU programme through PlanBEE Rail – a unique higher apprenticeship programme designed to recruit and nurture the next generation of multi-disciplinary project managers.