Passengers and pedestrians using Longport station in Stoke-on-Trent are being reminded of major improvements to the station’s footbridge this summer. Network Rail is investing £1.4 million to upgrade the structure and staircases making them safer and more reliable for station users. It means that from Monday 4 August to Friday 10 October* the bridge will […]
Category: Structures
Opening event celebrates Derbyshire station accessibility scheme’s successful completion
The completion of Alfreton station’s £6.75 million accessibility upgrade was celebrated with an official opening event today (Wednesday 23 July). The project was funded through the Department for Transport’s Access for All scheme and delivered by Network Rail’s East Midlands route. It has involved building two lifts, fully refurbishing the footbridge, adding a new ramp […]
Diversion route and shuttle buses in place as railway bridge work takes place in Wiltshire
Network Rail has today begun work to improve reliability on a railway bridge in Limpley Stoke, which will affect local traffic and buses. Repairs will take place to the bridge over Winsley Hill which carries the railway from Bath to Bradford-on-Avon. The work, from Monday 21 July to Sunday 31 August, is needed to ensure […]
Essential improvement work to close railway between Tunbridge Wells, Hastings, and Bexhill this Autumn
Passengers travelling between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings and between Bexhill and Hastings are advised to plan ahead as a major programme of improvement work takes place between Saturday 25 October and Sunday 2 November 2025. Buses will replace Southeastern trains between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings, and Southern trains between Bexhill and Hastings for all nine […]
London Waterloo roof upgrade approaches halfway point as station celebrates 177th birthday
London Waterloo celebrated its 177th birthday on Friday 11 July, as work to upgrade the roof for the next few decades approaches the halfway mark. So far, 10 of the 25 station concourse bays have been completed with work ongoing on four of them. Work has also commenced on six of the nine porte cochere […]
Celebrating a decade of World Heritage status for the Forth Bridge
This weekend will mark 10 years since one of Scotland’s most iconic landmarks, the Forth Bridge, was officially inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The bridge became Scotland’s sixth World Heritage Site on 5 July 2015. It joined Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns, the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, New Lanark, the Antonine Wall, and […]
Celebrating a decade of World Heritage status for the Forth Bridge
This weekend will mark 10 years since one of Scotland’s most iconic landmarks, the Forth Bridge, was officially inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The bridge became Scotland’s sixth World Heritage Site on 5 July 2015. It joined Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns, the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, New Lanark, the Antonine Wall, and […]
Work to start installing lifts at two more Merseyrail stations – with a further two to come
Work has begun on installing lifts at two more Merseyrail stations – with a further two in the design stage. A £9.5m investment will see Aigburth and Rock Ferry stations soon become fully accessible to passengers with mobility issues, prams, bikes and wheelchairs. Plans are also being drawn up for lifts at Port Sunlight and […]
Essential safety upgrades for Longport footbridge this summer
Network Rail will begin a major £1.4 million upgrade of the footbridge at Longport station this summer to improve safety for passengers and pedestrians and enhance the long-term resilience of the structure for years to come. From 26 July to 14 September, engineers will carry out essential repairs to the bridge, which crosses two electrified […]
Passengers invited to find out more ahead of major Stockport bridge rebuild
A £20 million investment in the Greek Street bridge will close the Manchester spur of the West Coast Main Line for three weeks this August. Network Rail is inviting passengers and the Stockport community to an information event where they can find out how their journeys will be affected during the work, which takes place […]