Network Rail is warning passengers of disruption to train services later this month as it carries out engineering work that it promises will make the railway across North Wales and the Borders more reliable and resilient to flooding.
Network Rail has installed a ‘Summer Rail Garden’ at the National Railway Museum in York to show how increasingly hot and dry weather is affecting Britain’s railway network.
Network Rail has installed a ‘Summer Rail Garden’ at the National Railway Museum in York to show how increasingly hot and dry weather is affecting Britain’s railway network.
Network Rail is encouraging day trippers and holidaymakers to choose the train for their journeys over the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of this month.
Train operator South Western Railway (SWR) and Network Rail Wessex (NR Wessex) have begun cracking down on ‘short-faring’, which involves passengers paying for a ticket only for part of their journey rather than for the full distance they travel.
Network Rail is urging passengers travelling between Cheltenham Spa and Lydney to check their journeys before travelling this Sunday (9 August), as Network Rail will be carrying out essential track maintenance work.