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Green light for 30 acre industrial-led logistics campus at Bow Goods Yard
An outline masterplan to regenerate over 30 acres of brownfield land at Bow Goods Yard, East London, into a rail freight campus and last mile logistics hub has been unanimously approved by the London Legacy Development Corporation.
Network Rail’s Suicide Prevention Programme marks key milestone with over 27,000 recorded interventions
This World Mental Health Day (10 October 2024), Network Rail has announced a new milestone with its Rail Suicide Prevention Programme as more than 27,000 interventions have been made across Britain’s rail network.*
Latest News
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.
Passengers thanked as Stourbridge to Birmingham line reopens
Upgrades to improve journeys for passengers between Stourbridge and Birmingham Snow Hill are now complete.
Important milestone reached as bridge deck and temporary staircases installed for new footbridge at St Erth
The bridge deck and temporary staircases for Network Rail’s new accessible footbridge at St Erth have been successfully installed. The previous listed footbridge was carefully dismantled last weekend and will be taken to East Somerset heritage railway.
ONE WEEK TO GO: West of England line between Axminster and Exeter to close for two weeks for important upgrade work
Buses will replace trains between Axminster and Exeter St Davids from Saturday 9 November to Friday 22 November whilst we make track upgrades in the Honiton area.
Birmingham stations ready to welcome Christmas market visitors
As Birmingham’s famous Christmas market opens for another year, the region’s railway is ready to help get passengers safely to and from festivities and celebrations.