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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: Battersea cropped

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

Monday 6 Oct 2025

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: Tim Dunn on board Ctrl Alt Delete (Photo credit: Kieran Cleeves/PA Media Assignments)

Network Rail gears up for Autumn as ‘Ctrl Alt Deleaf’ takes to the tracks

Friday 19 Sep 2025

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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Future-proofing the West Coast Main Line this Christmas and New Year: Drone still of the purpose built worksite at Clifton Penrith

Future-proofing the West Coast Main Line this Christmas and New Year

Tuesday 7 Oct 2025

Rail passengers are being given advanced notice of a huge programme of journey improving upgrades on the West Coast Main Line this Christmas and New Year.

Recovering Scotland’s railway: Storm Amy in numbers: Storm Amy 1

Recovering Scotland’s railway: Storm Amy in numbers

Tuesday 7 Oct 2025
  • 480 incidents across Scotland’s Railway as a result of Storm Amy 
  • 550 staff deployed across affected routes 
  • 40,000 hours worked to inspect, repair and reopen lines  
Trespasser jailed after causing 57 hours’ worth of delays through Clapham Junction: Aerial view of Clapham Junction station

Trespasser jailed after causing 57 hours’ worth of delays through Clapham Junction

Tuesday 7 Oct 2025

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: Gloucester Station- Sept 25 cropped

Passengers urged to plan ahead owing to further delay with Gloucester resignalling work

Monday 6 Oct 2025

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: Battersea cropped

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

Monday 6 Oct 2025

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: London Waterloo station cropped

CHRISTMAS 2025: Network Rail to carry out major upgrades meaning services into London Waterloo will be disrupted over the festive period

Monday 6 Oct 2025

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: Darlington progress October 2025 4

Reminder: Darlington station upgrade means changes to services this weekend

Monday 6 Oct 2025

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: Tree down at Pitlochry 1

Engineers working to reopen lines after Storm Amy

Saturday 4 Oct 2025

Network Rail teams have been working around the clock to repair extensive damage caused by Storm Amy, which battered Scotland’s Railway overnight.