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Network Rail re-energises its Switched On website as rail safety education is put onto the English National Curriculum
- Rail safety education becomes mandatory in PSHE curriculum in England from September 2026
- Switched On rail safety website relaunched with enhanced, age-appropriate resources for school pupils from ages 3 - 16
- New materials added including resources to help tackle the influence of dangerous social media trends and peer pressure encouraging bad behaviour on or near railways
Network Rail launches Platform4 to regenerate the rail estate
New property development company set up to build 40,000 new homes and over 10 million sq ft of commercial space over the next ten years.
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Second platform open at Newquay with branch line ready for Mid Cornwall Metro
Newquay has a second platform in operation for the first time in 38 years today (Tuesday 18 November) as trains return to the branch line after Network Rail’s engineering work.
Passengers alerted of Stoke-on-Trent station lifts disruption after extreme weather
Passengers travelling through Stoke-on-Trent station have been advised that the lifts are currently out-of-order following extreme weather.
£15m project delivers improvements on West Highland Line
Network Rail has successfully delivered a £15m improvement project on the West Highland Line between Crianlarich and Fort William.
Reminder: Digital signalling testing affects passenger services this weekend
A large section of the railway south of Peterborough will be closed this weekend (22 and 23 November) to allow for further testing of digital signalling, passengers are reminded.
VIDEO: Hereford-Newport line set to reopen just 60 hours after Storm Claudia damage, thanks to rapid round-the-clock repairs and resilience investment
The Marches Line between Hereford and Newport will reopen to passenger and freight services on Tuesday 18 November after repairs following an isolated track wash out near Abergavenny.
‘Hotshot’ thermal imaging cameras to help prevent delays on South Western Railway
‘Hotshot’ thermal imaging cameras to help prevent delays on South Western Railway
- South Western Railway and Network Rail collaboration sees innovative year-long trial of thermal imaging cameras to help prevent delays
- Two cameras have been fitted to a South Western Railway train, now named ‘Hotshot’, to monitor tracks in London, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire and Dorset
- Faults that the Hotshot train will help detect can otherwise typically cause around 200 minutes of delays
- The project has been designed, managed and funded by Angel Trains
Engineering work to improve Kent and south east London’s railway over Christmas and New Year 2025/26
Passengers are asked to plan ahead this Christmas and New Year as vital upgrades are delivered for a more reliable railway
Network Rail re-energises its Switched On website as rail safety education is put onto the English National Curriculum
- Rail safety education becomes mandatory in PSHE curriculum in England from September 2026
- Switched On rail safety website relaunched with enhanced, age-appropriate resources for school pupils from ages 3 - 16
- New materials added including resources to help tackle the influence of dangerous social media trends and peer pressure encouraging bad behaviour on or near railways