Welcome to Network Rail's media centre
Manny Squared: Award winning Mannys team up to create a rail safety lesson that will never be forgotten as school children head off for their half term break
Tik Tok sensation Big Manny teamed up with Network Rail community safety manager Manny Kang to deliver an informative and interactive rail safety talk to pupils of the King Charles I school in Kidderminster. The session served as a timely reminder for students to stay vigilant and safe around railways, as they approached the half-term holiday.
Latest News
Work begins to build Okehampton Interchange
Work has begun to build Okehampton Interchange, a new railway station on the edge of the Devon town.
ONE WEEK TO GO: Essential engineering work to close Heart of Wessex Line for a week
From Monday 10 March to Sunday 16 March, train services will change on the Heart of Wessex Line with no trains running between Yeovil Pen Mill and Castle Cary for a week, while Network Rail complete vital improvements to the railway in the Yeovil area.
Severn Valley Railway and Birmingham Moor Street to be first stops for Railway 200 exhibition train
Severn Valley Railway will be the first stop for a unique train on a 12-month tour of Britain celebrating 200 years of the modern railway.
Leeds station's new safe hub is hailed by police and charities
A pioneering safe hub has launched at Leeds station, creating a dedicated space where vital support services can reach and help vulnerable people in the community.
COMPLETED: West of England Line between Gillingham and Yeovil reopens after essential work to strengthen embankments
Trains are now running again on the West of England Line between Salisbury and Yeovil Junction after Network Rail completed a package of upgrades in the Gillingham area.
Date announced for the arrival of Railway 200’s unique touring exhibition train at London Euston
The celebratory train will be at London Euston from 12 July to 15 July, one of 60 locations to host the train over the next 12 months.
TWO WEEKS TO GO: Vital £15m engineering work to close parts of the Cambrian line for 16 days from mid-March
Passengers are being urged to check before they travel on the Cambrian line from mid-March to early April when Network Rail will be carrying out a range of work across a 16-day period.
Railway 200’s unique touring exhibition train to visit Alstom’s The Greatest Gathering in Derby
As part of Railway 200 – a national celebration of the 200th anniversary of the modern railway – a new and unique exhibition train is due to be a major attraction at The Greatest Gathering, hosted by train builder Alstom at its Derby Litchurch Lane Works from 1 to 3 August.