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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: Big Manny and Manny Kang

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

Monday 17 Feb 2025

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.

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£5.4m Tooting station accessibility scheme completed: New lift at Tooting

£5.4m Tooting station accessibility scheme completed

Monday 24 Feb 2025

Two new lifts provide step-free access to each platform from the main entrance of the station.

Customers urged to plan ahead as TRU complete upgrades in West Yorkshire: MTWS 02-08-008

Customers urged to plan ahead as TRU complete upgrades in West Yorkshire

Monday 24 Feb 2025

Next Monday (March 3), the TRU team will begin engineering work between Ravensthorpe and Leeds, with weekday services affected until Friday 21 March. Weekend services remain unimpacted during this period.

TWO WEEKS TO GO: Vital engineering work to close Heart of Wessex Line for a week: Trains at Castle Cary

TWO WEEKS TO GO: Vital engineering work to close Heart of Wessex Line for a week

Monday 24 Feb 2025

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.

Abseiling engineers restore iconic Stockport Viaduct: Rope access engineers - Stockport viaduct

Abseiling engineers restore iconic Stockport Viaduct

Monday 24 Feb 2025

In the early hours of Sunday 23 February 7 railway workers* abseiled down the side of the Grade II* listed Stockport Viaduct as part of a £1.1m revamp. 

COMPLETED: Trains running again in the Portsmouth area after essential upgrade works: Portsmouth & Southsea works

COMPLETED: Trains running again in the Portsmouth area after essential upgrade works

Monday 24 Feb 2025

Trains are now running again through the Portsmouth area after a week-long closure to upgrade the railway.

Passengers reminded of Salford rail closures this spring: 3D visualisation of the new platform from the view of the current platform cropped-2

Passengers reminded of Salford rail closures this spring

Friday 21 Feb 2025

Work to build a third platform at Salford Crescent station means weekend closures in March, April, May and September.

Bridge renewal project at Doncaster taking place over this weekend: DoncasterIMG 6888

Bridge renewal project at Doncaster taking place over this weekend

Friday 21 Feb 2025

Passengers are advised that this week’s engineering work between Doncaster and Goole/Scunthorpe will be extended to allow for an ageing bridge deck to be replaced.

New TRU Managing Director gets started: James Richardson copy

New TRU Managing Director gets started

Thursday 20 Feb 2025

James Richardson has this week started his role as the new TRU Managing Director, heading up the North of England’s multi-billion-pound railway programme that will deliver more frequent, faster trains on a more reliable railway, better connecting millions of people across the North, between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.