A project to replace the skylights at Coventry station has now been completed thanks to a £600,000 investment from Avanti West Coast, Network Rail and the Railway Heritage Trust. The work saw all 27 skylights – which were over 60 years old – on platform 1 replaced, as well as new wayfinding signage installed throughout […]
Category: Stations
Salford Crescent third platform: the story so far
Passengers are being thanked for their patience and cooperation following the first month of weekend closures of Salford Crescent station in March. Network Rail is investing £21m to build an additional, third platform at Salford Crescent station. The new, extra platform will improve passenger flow and reduce train delays by allowing more flexibility for trains […]
New Passenger Assistance Points installed at 40 Northern stations to give disabled customers the confidence to travel by train
New facilities designed to give disabled customers the confidence to travel by train have been installed at dozens of stations across the North of England. Passenger Assistance Points have been introduced over the last year at 31 stations, including Windermere, Warrington Central, Rotherham Central and Bradford Interchange. Each point is located close to the ticket […]
London St. Pancras Highspeed announces new incentive scheme to grow international rail services
London St. Pancras Highspeed (the new trading name of HS1 Ltd) has unveiled a groundbreaking incentive scheme for new and existing international train operators to accelerate the growth of rail travel from London to Europe on the UK’s only high-speed railway. The International Growth Incentive Scheme will encourage train operators to introduce new services, launch new destinations, […]
Cutty Sark station to get four brand-new escalators during temporary closure
Cutty Sark DLR station is set to get four new state-of-the-art, energy efficient escalators, providing customers with easier and more reliable access to and from the station. To complete the complex installation in the safest and most efficient way, the station will close until next spring. During the closure use nearby Greenwich station, which is […]
RIA discussion paper calls for new approach to station development
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has published a new discussion paper which sets out a place-based approach for delivering better stations across the nations and regions of the UK. The paper, ‘Stations: Engines of Communities’, calls for a new private and public approach to station development to fully realise the economic and social value of […]
Reading station turns 185-years-old
Reading station turned 185-years-old on Friday 29 March, having opened its doors in 1840 as a temporary terminus for Brunel’s Great Western Railway while engineers continued building the line to Bristol, the eventual final stop on the line. In marking its 185th year, Reading station has much to celebrate. Since the launch of Network Rail’s […]
Contactless ticketing hits 250,000 taps in record time
c2c has announced that pay as you go with contactless ticketing continues to be a massive hit with customers, with over a quarter of a million taps in and out made at new contactless stations on the c2c network since being launched. From Sunday 2 February, customers have been able travel across the entire c2c […]