Major improvement work on the East Coast Main Line will affect passenger services across four weekends in March. A range of railway upgrades are planned for various sites between York and Newcastle from Saturday 7 March to Sunday 29 March. There will also be digital signalling testing on the southern part of the line in […]
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Engineering work to progress East Coast Digital Programme will impact travel
Trains between London and Peterborough/King’s Lynn will be affected over the next four weekends by engineering work including further progress on digital signalling, passengers are reminded. The improvement work from this Saturday (31 January) will deliver a range of benefits – including engineering and testing under the £1.4 billion East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP), which […]
New combined railway control centre brings improvements for WCML passengers
Millions of passengers who travel on the West Coast Main Line each week are set to benefit from a new behind-the-scenes collaboration at a railway control centre in Warwickshire. Under the arrangement, London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has brought in dozens of new staff to work alongside Network Rail (NR) control teams at the dedicated Rail […]
Siemens delivers major Christmas rail upgrades across Britain’s busiest routes
Over the Christmas and New Year period, Siemens Mobility successfully completed a major programme of rail commissioning work, delivering critical signalling and infrastructure upgrades across key UK rail corridors. The work supports a more modern, reliable network for passengers and freight, aligning with national rail upgrade priorities and strengthening capacity for the future. Matt Kent, […]
Siemens delivers major Christmas rail upgrades across Britain’s busiest routes
Over the Christmas and New Year period, Siemens Mobility successfully completed a major programme of rail commissioning work, delivering critical signalling and infrastructure upgrades across key UK rail corridors. The work supports a more modern, reliable network for passengers and freight, aligning with national rail upgrade priorities and strengthening capacity for the future. Matt Kent, […]
Service changes planned in south west London for engineering works in the Kingston area
Passengers travelling in the Kingston area of south west London are being advised to plan ahead next month as essential Network Rail engineering work will mean changes to train services between Saturday 14 February and Tuesday 17 February. During this period, buses will replace trains between New Malden and Twickenham. Over the weekend, buses also […]
More stations and tunnels across the Tube network get high-speed mobile coverage
More stations and tunnelled sections of the Tube network across London now have high-speed mobile coverage, Transport for London (TfL) and Boldyn Networks have announced, including the first sections of the Circle and District line. Alongside the whole of the Elizabeth line, 62 out of 121 Tube stations that are located ‘underground’ are now receiving […]
Major track upgrades to impact Manchester Piccadilly in February
Passengers are being advised to check before they travel ahead of major changes to journeys Manchester Piccadilly station next month for once-in-a-generation track upgrades. Over nine days from Saturday 14 February, Network Rail teams will be completing a huge overhaul of tracks, points and signalling systems across six railway lines on the southern approach to […]
Alstom re-signalling work delivers a safer and smarter railway for Cambridge
Alstom is celebrating after it successfully delivered Stage 2 of the Cambridge Resignalling, Relock and Recontrol (C3R) project. This milestone marks a major step forward in modernising the region’s railway infrastructure, enhancing safety, reliability, and capacity for passengers and operators. Over the festive period, Alstom teams worked around the clock to deliver this complex and […]
Alstom re-signalling work delivers a safer and smarter railway for Cambridge
Alstom is celebrating after it successfully delivered Stage 2 of the Cambridge Resignalling, Relock and Recontrol (C3R) project. This milestone marks a major step forward in modernising the region’s railway infrastructure, enhancing safety, reliability, and capacity for passengers and operators. Over the festive period, Alstom teams worked around the clock to deliver this complex and […]