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Reminder: Britain’s rail network will be open for business over the August bank holiday but passengers asked to check before travelling
The vast majority of the rail network will be open for business this August bank holiday weekend, so passengers can make the most of the long summer weekend to visit friends and family and travel to the hundreds of events taking place across Britain.
Get back on track: Students encouraged to give Network Rail apprenticeships a try
With A-Level results day here, Network Rail is encouraging young people to consider apprenticeships as a valuable and rewarding alternative, offering real career opportunities and practical experience in a key industry.
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Choose rail this August bank holiday
This August bank holiday, much of the railway network across East Anglia will be open for passengers to travel and enjoy exciting destinations across Essex, Suffolk, Cambridge and Norfolk, as well as into the capital.
Reminder: Digital signalling work affecting August bank holiday journeys
Passengers are reminded that digital signalling work will affect East Coast Main Line journeys on the August bank holiday weekend.
Staffordshire railway cutting secured through National Trust parkland
Network Rail has completed a vital programme of stabilisation work at Little Haywood cutting, located within the Shugborough Estate and Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), to ensure the continued safe and reliable operation of the railway for passengers and freight services.
Reminder: Britain’s rail network will be open for business over the August bank holiday but passengers asked to check before travelling
The vast majority of the rail network will be open for business this August bank holiday weekend, so passengers can make the most of the long summer weekend to visit friends and family and travel to the hundreds of events taking place across Britain.
Essential rail bridge work planned on A95 road in Keith
Engineers will soon begin an 18-week project to renew the Banff Turnpike railway bridge on the A95 in Keith.
£2.9m platform upgrade completes at Hillington West
Newly upgraded platforms at Hillington West station will fully reopen this Sunday following the completion of a major £2.9 million improvement project.
£150,000 repairs to Inverclyde railway bridge to begin in September
Network Rail engineers will soon begin repair work on a bridge carrying the railway over the A8 in Langbank, Inverclyde.
South Eastern Railway deploys IsoMat thermal technology to keep trains on the Tonbridge to Hastings line running in hot weather
A new type of technology is being trialled on the Tonbridge to Hastings railway line to help keep trains running in hotter weather, and more reliable journeys for passengers and freight customers.