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Travelling by train this Christmas and New Year? Remember to book ahead and plan your journey as improvement work means changes to trains on some major routes
Over 95% of the railway network will be open for business this Christmas and New Year but more than £130m of major investment projects mean it will be important to plan ahead. Journey planners including National Rail Enquiries are up to date today (Monday, 6 October) with information to help you find your best routes and book tickets until 28 December.
Network Rail gears up for Autumn as ‘Ctrl Alt Deleaf’ takes to the tracks
Leaves are browning, autumn is around the corner and Network Rail is gearing up for its annual multi-million-pound battle against Mother Nature and ‘leaves on the line’, aiming to keep millions of passengers and trains safe and moving over the next three months.
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Trespasser jailed after causing 57 hours’ worth of delays through Clapham Junction
A trespasser who caused travel chaos after trespassing on the tracks near one of Britain’s busiest railway stations has been jailed for eight weeks.
Passengers urged to plan ahead owing to further delay with Gloucester resignalling work
Network Rail is urging rail passengers travelling between today (Monday 6th October) and Wednesday 8th October to plan ahead owing to a further delay to resignalling work in Gloucester.
Travelling by train this Christmas and New Year? Remember to book ahead and plan your journey as improvement work means changes to trains on some major routes
Over 95% of the railway network will be open for business this Christmas and New Year but more than £130m of major investment projects mean it will be important to plan ahead. Journey planners including National Rail Enquiries are up to date today (Monday, 6 October) with information to help you find your best routes and book tickets until 28 December.
CHRISTMAS 2025: Network Rail to carry out major upgrades meaning services into London Waterloo will be disrupted over the festive period
Train services into and out of London Waterloo will be disrupted from Saturday 27 December 2025 to Sunday 4 January 2026 as engineers carry out vital upgrades near Queenstown Road. The work will improve safety and reliability on one of the country’s busiest railways.
Reminder: Darlington station upgrade means changes to services this weekend
Passengers are reminded that journeys will be affected this weekend (11 and 12 October) as another step forward is made in Darlington station’s £140 million transformation.
Engineers working to reopen lines after Storm Amy
Network Rail teams have been working around the clock to repair extensive damage caused by Storm Amy, which battered Scotland’s Railway overnight.
UPDATE: Railway closures and reduced train speeds as Storm Amy moves in
Network Rail will close several railway lines in Scotland from 6pm tonight (Friday 3 October) ahead of Storm Amy reaching its peak, with potentially damaging gusts of up to 100mph.
Network Rail apologises to passengers as Gloucester line closure extended by a day to allow for completion of essential signalling upgrade
Network Rail has confirmed that the line through Gloucester will remain closed on Monday 6 October as essential work to upgrade the signalling system is taking longer to complete than originally planned.