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London partygoers urged to plan ahead this New Year’s Eve: Passengers urged to plan ahead this Xmas and New Year

London partygoers urged to plan ahead this New Year’s Eve

Sunday 29 Dec 2024

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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Changes to journeys between Oxfordshire and Birmingham this weekend: Track cutting taking place during engineering work

Changes to journeys between Oxfordshire and Birmingham this weekend

Wednesday 15 Jan 2025

Passengers travelling between Oxfordshire and Birmingham are being warned of changes to services this Sunday (19 January).

Vital track and bridge works to affect Mildmay line on weekends this winter: A Mildmay line train at Stratford

Vital track and bridge works to affect Mildmay line on weekends this winter

Wednesday 15 Jan 2025

Passengers on the London Overground Mildmay line, which runs between Stratford and Richmond/Clapham Junction, are being asked to check for closures on part of the route over upcoming weekends.

New home for historic plaque after £190m Crewe signal upgrades: Crewe Works plaque

New home for historic plaque after £190m Crewe signal upgrades

Wednesday 15 Jan 2025

An important piece of railway history has been donated to Crewe Heritage Trust following a multi-million-pound signalling upgrade on the West Coast Main Line.

ONE MONTH TO GO: Vital engineering work in the Portsmouth area to close the railway for a week: Portsmouth Harbour

ONE MONTH TO GO: Vital engineering work in the Portsmouth area to close the railway for a week

Wednesday 15 Jan 2025

From Saturday 15 to Friday 21 February 2025, parts of the railway between Portsmouth and Havant and Fareham will be closed and rail replacement buses will be in operation, while Network Rail completes critical engineering upgrades to the railway.

Passengers between South Wales and Bristol/Gloucester reminded to check before travelling ahead of work at Severn Tunnel Junction later this month: Stock picture of track renewal -4 cropped

Passengers between South Wales and Bristol/Gloucester reminded to check before travelling ahead of work at Severn Tunnel Junction later this month

Tuesday 14 Jan 2025

Passengers are being urged to check before they travel between South Wales and Bristol/Gloucester on the weekend of January 25-26 when Network Rail will be carrying out track renewals at two locations as well as a range of other essential work.

Refurbishment of the iconic Hungerford Bridge to begin next week: Hungerford Bridge from RFH 4

Refurbishment of the iconic Hungerford Bridge to begin next week

Monday 13 Jan 2025

The 161-year old Hungerford railway bridge is to be restored to protect it for the future, with work set to be completed by the end of winter 2028

Plan ahead – engineering work in Wimbledon, London affects South Western Railway services on the next two weekends in January: An SWR service travels past the landslip site between Brookwood and Woking at 20mph

Plan ahead – engineering work in Wimbledon, London affects South Western Railway services on the next two weekends in January

Monday 13 Jan 2025

SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) is advising customers to plan ahead of the next two weekends in January due to engineering work. 

Great Eastern mainline weekend engineering work this winter to keep passengers moving: New track on its way to site GEML

Great Eastern mainline weekend engineering work this winter to keep passengers moving

Monday 13 Jan 2025

This winter, weekend engineering work on the Great Eastern and Southend Victoria/Southminster lines are planned to take place which will help keep the railway operating safely for Greater Anglia and Elizabeth line passengers.