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Rail industry gives final reminder for passengers to plan ahead over the festive period
- Stations and services likely to be busy in the run up to and throughout Christmas and the New Year
- Passengers strongly advised to check journeys before travel
- Programme of improvement work will see alterations on some routes
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Final reminder for Midlands passengers to check before you travel this Christmas
Passengers travelling over the festive period are strongly urged to plan and check their journeys in advance as rail upgrades across the network means busier trains and changes to some services.
Pre-Christmas works completed on c2c network with 50-year-old rail replaced
Engineers have completed track and station improvement works on the c2c route to help boost reliability and the passenger experience.
Festive fundraiser: Network Rail’s Bletchley depot team supports local hospice
Staff at Network Rail’s Bletchley depot have embraced the festive spirit to raise vital funds for a local hospice this Christmas.
Christmas cheers! Boys send Christmas present to railway maintenance train driver
Two brothers from Marple, Stockport, have each sent a Christmas card to a maintenance train driver who they have been waving to every day this autumn.
Passengers warned to check before they travel over the Christmas period
Railway engineering work means changes to train travel between Christmas and New Year.
New station manager welcomes record breaking Christmas at Liverpool Lime Street station
Almost 10,000 more passengers chose to travel by rail through Liverpool Lime Street station for Black Friday shopping and leisure than the same period last year.
STARTING MONDAY: Lymington Branch Line to close for two weeks for vital pier improvements
Buses replace trains between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier from Sunday 22 December with trains returning to service on Monday 6 January 2025
STARTING MONDAY: Vital engineering work in the Woking area to impact Main Line services over Christmas and New Year
- Key upgrade work at Brookwood, between Farnborough and Woking, will mean significantly longer journeys
- Services between Waterloo and Southampton/Weymouth will be diverted, adding 45 minutes to journeys
- There will be no direct services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids
- Passengers encouraged to check before travelling and plan journeys in advance