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Network Rail partners with WSP to improve planning for - and response to - flooding and coastal erosion
Network Rail and supplier WSP are working together to create a framework to improve the railway’s readiness for - and resistance to - potential floods and coastal erosion.
Work on track to new timeline at Botley Road as walkway opens to improve access for all
A new and improved walkway has opened at Botley Road in Oxford this morning (Sunday 31st August) as Network Rail hits another key milestone in the revised plan to reopen the road by the end of August next year.
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Borders Railway celebrates 10th anniversary
First Minister John Swinney joined celebrations in Galashiels today to mark ten years since the reopening of the Borders Railway.
One week to go: Buses to replace trains for major engineering works on the Heart of Wales Line
Network Rail Wales and Borders will be carrying out a programme of planned engineering and maintenance works on the Heart of Wales Line between Craven Arms Junction and Llandeilo Junction from 9pm on Friday 12 September to 5.30am on Saturday 20 September 2025.
England World Cup qualifier means busier trains to Villa Park
Villa Park will host England v Andorra this weekend meaning busier trains and stations on Saturday (6 September).
Full train service expected for new Cambridge South station when it opens
When Cambridge South station opens in early 2026, all passing services – which are operated by Greater Anglia, Great Northern, Thameslink, and CrossCountry - are expected to call at the new station from day one.
Huddersfield station: its heritage and its future
On 6th October 1846, a public bank holiday was declared as the Earl of Fitzwilliam laid Huddersfield station’s foundation stone. Last Saturday (30 August), nearly 180 years on from that momentous day, the station closed for 30 days of intense work, as its grandest transformation in a generation is undertaken as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade.
More trains, more seats and quicker journeys as rail industry announces December 2025 timetable
The rail industry has announced the biggest timetable change on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) in more than a decade, which will provide more trains, thousands of extra seats per day and quicker journeys, as part of a wider set of timetable changes across the network this December.
Level crossing revamp means changes to London Overground and Southern services for four days in October
Passengers are being advised about major changes to train services between Clapham Junction, Willesden and Watford Junction at the end of October while Network Rail carries out urgent work to renew a level crossing.
TEN DAYS TO GO: North Downs Line between Guildford and Reigate to close for two weeks in September with buses replacing trains.
Buses will replace trains between Guildford and Reigate for two weeks, commencing Sunday 14 September through Saturday 27 September, due to critical signalling and level crossing upgrades.