Most of Britain’s railway is open for business throughout the August Bank Holiday weekend, although some routes will be affected by planned improvement work and industrial action impacting East Midlands Railway (EMR) services The ongoing £1.4bn investment in digital signalling to improve the reliability of the East Coast Main Line means the route will be […]
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West Midlands passengers urged to plan ahead for bank holiday travel
Passengers travelling over the bank holiday weekend are being urged to plan ahead as some journeys will be impacted by engineering and improvement work. The majority of the railway is open as normal with a full timetable in place but journeys between Wolverhampton and Stafford and Birmingham New Street and Coleshill Parkway will be changed […]
HS2 launches new apprenticeship pathway for the unemployed
HS2 is launching a new fast-track training programme to help unemployed West Midlands residents secure a construction apprenticeship on Britain’s new railway. The programme is being led by HS2’s West Midlands construction partners, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) – who are delivering the 90km section of the railway between Warwickshire, Birmingham and Staffordshire, and Mace Dragados […]
Record number of passengers expected at Leeds station over the bank holiday weekend
Northern is expecting a record number of passengers to travel through Leeds station over the bank holiday weekend. More than 113,200 passengers used the station over the bank holiday weekend in August last year. That was a record high and up 5% on the previous year, but train operators are expecting that figure to be […]
£40m redevelopment of prime Leeds office building under way
A £40 million upgrade of a striking eight-storey office building will create a new rail industry hub in central Leeds. Network Rail’s transformation of Princes Exchange is under way, bringing the 108,576sq ft building beside Leeds station back into use. The project is funded by the Department for Transport and Network Rail and being delivered […]
Network Rail announces community engagement sessions on future of Brookside level crossing
Network Rail is inviting residents in Dinas Powys to a series of community engagement sessions to discuss the emergency closure of Brookside footpath level crossing and next steps. Three sessions will take place on Wednesday 2 September, giving the local community the opportunity to hear directly from the Network Rail team about why the crossing […]
Rail improvement works to impact CrossCountry journeys this weekend
Customers travelling with CrossCountry this weekend are being urged to plan ahead and check before travelling, as planned engineering work across the rail network will significantly impact journeys between Saturday 29 and Monday 31 August. There will be longer journey times and changes to services on many CrossCountry routes – in particular those through Birmingham […]
Reminder: Bank holiday journeys affected by digital signalling project
Passengers are reminded that testing ahead of digital signalling being introduced on the East Coast Main Line will affect journeys this weekend. Engineering work will affect journeys south of Peterborough and Royston towards London between 22.00 on Saturday 29 August and 08.00 on Monday 31 August, with rail replacement bus services in operation for some […]
AtkinsRéalis appoints Justin Norman as Managing Director of Transportation
AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear company, has appointed Justin Norman as Managing Director of its Transportation business for the UK and Ireland, with immediate effect. A Chartered Engineer with a background in civil engineering, Norman has been with the business for more than 20 years, joining Atkins in 2003 and progressing through senior […]
Station staff prepare for increase in passengers ahead of Reading Festival and Notting Hill Carnival
Thousands of people are expected to pass through Reading and London Paddington stations this week on their way to Reading Festival, which takes place from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 August, and Notting Hill Carnival, held in west London over the Bank Holiday weekend. Those attending Reading Festival and arriving in the city by train […]