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Network Rail engineers gear up for £133m investment in Britain's railway this May
Network Rail is set to undertake more than 630* projects across Britain's railway during the early and late May Bank holidays. These projects are designed to keep the majority of the network open for travel as usual while making significant improvements to the railway infrastructure.
Paint rollers at the ready: Network Rail prepares the railway for summer
• Approximately 1,500 litres of white paint - the equivalent of 30,000 square metres - will be applied to sections of the rail network to help keep passengers moving in very hot weather
• Last year buckled rails due to hot weather caused over 240 days (350,006 minutes) of delays for passengers
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Calder Road to be temporarily closed in Ravensthorpe whilst new bridge beams are installed
From 7pm on Friday 16 May until 6am on Monday 19 May, Calder Road – along with Ravensthorpe station access road – will be closed to vehicles to facilitate Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) work in the area.
Network Rail signs new deal to keep tracks clear in autumn and winter
A new five-year deal has been signed to run Network Rail’s fleet of autumn and winter treatment trains, keeping tracks clear and passengers and freight on time.
Railway upgrades to impact North West routes this May bank holiday
Rail passengers are being encouraged to check their journeys ahead of multi-million-pound upgrades across the North West this Early May bank holiday.
Two-day Euston closure for railway upgrades this May bank holiday
West Coast Main Line passengers are being advised to check before they travel ahead of important railway upgrades over the Early May bank holiday.
Passengers advised of essential maintenance to lift at Stockport station
The lift to platforms 1 and 2 will be closed for maintenance for two weeks in May.
Network Rail engineers gear up for £133m investment in Britain's railway this May
Network Rail is set to undertake more than 630* projects across Britain's railway during the early and late May Bank holidays. These projects are designed to keep the majority of the network open for travel as usual while making significant improvements to the railway infrastructure.
Shortlands station accessibility scheme completed
A scheme to improve the accessibility of Shortlands station in south east London has now been completed with the opening of three new lifts.
History as final steam train signalled by Farncombe, Petersfield and Haslemere signal boxes
Today (Saturday 26 April) marked a moment of railway history as the final steam train was signalled through the railway by three signal boxes between Farncombe and Petersfield.