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Network Rail engineers gear up for £135m investment in Britain’s railway this May
More than 800 projects* will take place across Britain’s railway this coming early and late May bank holidays, designed to keep the vast majority of the network open for travel as usual.
ONE WEEK TO GO: Rail customers in South London, Sussex and Kent should plan ahead of the Early May Bank Holiday as Network Rail gets set to undertake essential planned engineering work
From Saturday 4 to Monday 6 May customers are asked to check before travelling as planned upgrades and routine maintenance to the railway take place across Kent, Sussex and south east London.
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Network Rail partners with RSPB to improve safety at Lochwinnoch nature reserve
Network Rail has teamed-up with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to install new measures to keep wildlife safe at the Lochwinnoch nature reserve.
New Mills residents invited to find out more about railway work
Network Rail is inviting residents in New Mills, High Peak, to an information drop-in event about urgent railway work on Thursday 9 May.
West Coast main line between London and Scotland reopens after Early May bank holiday upgrades completed
Network Rail has reopened the railway following major improvements to the network across the North West, West Midlands and route into London Euston which will improve journeys for passengers and freight services.
Essential upgrade work between Hull and Doncaster to result in changes to the rail services in May
Network Rail engineers will be working overnight across a weekend in May to carry out vital upgrade work to the rail network between Hull and Doncaster.
Doncaster to Cleethorpes line reopens after landslip repairs completed
The line between Doncaster and Cleethorpes has reopened to trains after repairs were carried out to a landslip near Scunthorpe.
Dumfries accessibility project team welcome local students for site visit
Scotland’s Railway welcomed primary school students to see first-hand the work being done to make Dumfries station more accessible.
More than 1,000 young people taught railway safety through innovative new VR technology
On Thursday 2 May, Network Rail hosted five railway safety sessions at a Doncaster school using virtual reality (VR) headsets to educate young students on the dangers of trespassing on the railway.
Harbour Road in Inverness to close temporarily for level crossing improvement work
Network Rail will carry out vital repairs this weekend to the road surface on the approach to Raigmore level crossing at Harbour Road in Inverness.