Passengers are being advised to plan journeys in advance as Great Western Railway services will be affected by rail improvement works taking place throughout May in the Gloucester and Cheltenham areas. Network Rail will carry out vital track upgrades between Gloucester and Stroud or Yate, affecting trains from Saturday 3 to Monday 5 May, plus […]
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Next stop Liverpool Baltic as £100m new station gets the green light!
Trains will soon be arriving in one of the world’s coolest neighbourhoods, after plans for the £100m Liverpool Baltic station were given the green light! Liverpool City Council today (Tuesday 22nd April) approved plans for the new station which is expected to stimulate further development in Liverpool’s vibrant and growing Baltic Triangle district. The station […]
One week to go – Vital maintenance work taking place on the Ebbw Vale line this month
Rail passengers are reminded that essential maintenance work will close the Ebbw Vale line at the end of April. Starting from midnight on Sunday 27 April a replacement bus service will be in place between Cardiff Central, Newport, and Ebbw Vale Town stations. Rail services will return to normal on the morning of Friday 2 […]
One week to go – Vital maintenance work taking place on the Ebbw Vale line this month
Rail passengers are reminded that essential maintenance work will close the Ebbw Vale line at the end of April. Starting from midnight on Sunday 27 April a replacement bus service will be in place between Cardiff Central, Newport, and Ebbw Vale Town stations. Rail services will return to normal on the morning of Friday 2 […]
Network Rail completes programme of engineering work across south London, East Kent and East Sussex over Easter
Network Rail has completed a major programme of railway engineering work across south London, Kent and Sussex over the long weekend. With more than 90% of the railway having remained open over the weekend, Network Rail’s engineers completed a number of critical upgrades for the continued safe and reliable running of the railway, including: This […]
Track level footage released of major Stockport railway bridge renewal
Hundreds of railway engineers have completed the first main phase to replace an important road junction over the Manchester-spur of the West Coast Main Line in Stockport. The Greek Street roundabout sits on top of a railway bridge which, at 67 years old, now needs to be completely replaced. Last month, the roundabout and parts […]
Better journeys for passengers after Easter rail upgrades in Cumbria
Footage has been released of major railway upgrades over the bank holiday on the West Coast Main Line north. During planned Easter railway closures, Network Rail teams worked together with hundreds of engineers across its supply chain on essential projects to improve future journeys for passengers and freight. Today (Tuesday 22 April) the railway reopened […]