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TRU launches second round of Community Fund with £250,000 for local communities: TRU community fund (3)

TRU launches second round of Community Fund with £250,000 for local communities

Wednesday 17 Sep 2025

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is launching the second round of its Community Fund, offering £250,000 to support local community groups, schools and charities along its major railway route.

Tunnel tours celebrate Railway 200 and Birmingham Heritage Week: One of the 'hidden tunnel' tour groups at Birmingham New Street

Tunnel tours celebrate Railway 200 and Birmingham Heritage Week

Wednesday 17 Sep 2025

Thirty people have been behind the scenes at Birmingham New Street to celebrate the city's heritage and the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway.

Diversion route for road users as Frome railway bridge work takes place: Frome bridge

Diversion route for road users as Frome railway bridge work takes place

Wednesday 17 Sep 2025

Network Rail will soon begin refurbishing Portway railway bridge in Frome, with the work set to close a road in the Somerset town for seven weeks.

South Gloucestershire residents invited to discuss flood resilience work: Archive photo showing flooding at Chipping Sodbury cropped

South Gloucestershire residents invited to discuss flood resilience work

Wednesday 17 Sep 2025

Local residents are invited to discuss ongoing work to improve flood resilience near Chipping Sodbury and Yate in South Gloucestershire.

Essential engineering works: Buses replace trains during rail works between Rhyl and Llandudno Junction: Standard image various works

Essential engineering works: Buses replace trains during rail works between Rhyl and Llandudno Junction

Wednesday 17 Sep 2025

Replacement bus services will operate between Rhyl and Llandudno Junction across three weekends, from the end of September, while Network Rail carries out essential works.  

Major signalling upgrade in South West Wales will see railway operations move to our centralised control centre in Port Talbot: Network Rail stock photo track walkout

Major signalling upgrade in South West Wales will see railway operations move to our centralised control centre in Port Talbot

Tuesday 16 Sep 2025

Phase two of the Port Talbot West resignalling project starts this month, with commissioning in November, bringing a safer, more reliable railway - with some planned rail and road closures needed to complete the work safely.

Darlington power upgrade marks milestone in £140m station project: Darlington Rotunda Sept 25

Darlington power upgrade marks milestone in £140m station project

Tuesday 16 Sep 2025

Power supply upgrades have been completed as work progresses on Darlington station’s £140m transformational expansion project.

Batley station car park to temporarily close as part of major rail upgrade: Batley station, TRU

Batley station car park to temporarily close as part of major rail upgrade

Monday 15 Sep 2025

Batley station car park will close from 22 September until Summer 2026 to facilitate major upgrade work as part of the multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).