Network Rail’s ongoing transformation of Scarborough station has allowed this rare view inside the grade II-listed building’s clocktower. The £14 million upgrade includes a new roof, drainage systems, restored stonework and refurbished waiting room and ticket office. A Railway Heritage Trust grant of £203,000 has allowed for the restoration of the clocktower as an additional […]
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New station will open on the Northumberland Line this weekend
Passengers will be able to use a new station on the Northumberland Line when it opens this weekend. Northumberland Park will open on Sunday, 22 February, with the first service arriving at 8.10am. It is the fifth new station on the Northumberland Line, which reopened in December 2024 – for the first time in 60 […]
LNER Saddles Up To Celebrate Chinese New Year 2026 – The Year of the Horse
LNER is proud to be continuing its partnership with London’s Chinese New Year celebrations for a second year in 2026 as the Year of the Horse is welcomed in. The train operator’s very own lions have been entertaining customers and colleagues at London King’s Cross station in advance of this weekend’s parade and stage performances. […]
Track improvement work affecting services this Sunday
Track renewal work taking place this weekend will mean buses replace trains between Leicester and Peterborough on Sunday 22 February. Network Rail will be working between Melton Mowbray and Syston East Junction to upgrade 300 yards of track to make journeys smoother and more reliable, reducing the need for future maintenance. The £582,000 investment will […]
Plan Ahead: EMR warns of extremely busy services during major weekend engineering works
East Midlands Railway (EMR) is advising customers to plan ahead and allow extra time when travelling this weekend as major engineering work will mean some services will be extremely busy. Network Rail will be carrying out significant upgrades on the East Coast Main Line and on the southern approach to Manchester Piccadilly. While this investment […]
Train services to be reinstated between Exeter and Copplestone, but line to Barnstaple remains suspended due to ongoing adverse weather conditions
Train services to Barnstaple will continue to be suspended until at least Tuesday 24 February because of high water levels as a result of last month’s named storms and ongoing adverse weather conditions. Train services are, however, being reinstated to Copplestone from tomorrow (Thursday) subject to weather conditions. To reopen the remainder of the line to Barnstaple, specialist divers need to inspect submerged structures to ensure the safety of the […]
Train services resume between New Malden and Twickenham after four-day line closure for upgrades
Train services are running between New Malden and Twickenham in south west London again after Network Rail engineers carried out four days of improvements to the railway. In Kingston, engineers replaced 25 pairs of wheel timbers, the long blocks that support the tracks, on Kingston River Bridge. The team also carried out general maintenance in […]
Ten new apprenticeships are available at Nexus
Young people are getting a golden opportunity to become the next generation of engineers at Nexus, carrying out essential work on the Tyne and Wear Metro system. Ten new apprenticeships are currently available with Nexus, with the advertised roles focused on Metro, including teams which maintain tracks, signalling, overhead lines and ticket machines. There are […]
Happy Seollal! South Western Railway celebrates Europe’s largest Korean community at New Malden station
South Western Railway (SWR) has unveiled a celebration of Europe’s largest Korean population in a new waiting room at New Malden station, to mark the Lunar New Year. Up to 20,000 people of Korean heritage live in New Malden in South West London and its vicinity, with locals affectionately dubbing the area ‘Koreatown’. The Lunar New Year, known as Seollal in […]
Network Rail apprentices rise to Army challenge
Apprentices from Network Rail took part in a team-building event in York organised by the military as part of National Apprenticeship Week (9-15 February). The Army’s Headquarters North and the 4th Battalion The Royal Yorkshire Regiment (4RYORKS) hosted the Ultimate Apprentice Military Challenge at Worsley Barracks supported by the Yorkshire and Humber Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network […]