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Passengers thanked after major signalling upgrade on the West Coast main line

January 24, 2024
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Major upgrades on the West Coast main line to improve future rail journeys for passengers and freight services is now complete.

Network Rail begins major enhancement work at East Kilbride station

January 24, 2024
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Network Rail will shortly begin construction of the new East Kilbride station building.

Essential weekend engineering work on the Great Eastern Main Line will take place this February to maintain reliability and safety

January 24, 2024
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During four consecutive weekends in February, engineers will be working to maintain our infrastructure between Stratford, Shenfield, Billericay and Southend Victoria as well as weekend […]

Network Rail will be carrying out vital reliability upgrades between Portsmouth and Fareham over the February half term

January 24, 2024
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Network Rail is reminding customers to plan ahead as buses replace South Western Railway (SWR), Great Western Railway (GWR) and Southern trains between Southampton Central […]

Rail services restarting but more severe weather to affect Tuesday’s trains

January 24, 2024
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Work is continuing to reopen lines across the country following 80mph winds on Sunday night More disruption to journeys expected on Tuesday as Storm Jocelyn […]

How to get up to 50% off the price of your next train ticket

January 24, 2024
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More than a million train tickets have been discounted by up to 50% as part of the Great British Rail Sale. iStock The seven-day promotion […]

Something terminal for collectors

January 24, 2024
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A total of five examples of signage from London terminals will be offered together for the first time in a single auction when they come […]

Britain’s rail freight in the eye of two winter storms

Simon Walton
January 23, 2024
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All rail traffic in the UK and Ireland has been significantly disrupted by a vast Atlantic storm that blew in on Sunday and persisted for much of Monday. That’s the good news. The bad news is that there is a second storm chasing in on its heels, ready to blow almost as hard on Tuesday […]

Freight paths are the key to faster London to Edinburgh services

Simon Walton
January 23, 2024
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Preserving access for freight is vital to a plan to speed up passenger services on the East Coast Main Line. The government-backed train operating company LNER wants to cut around thirty minutes off the journey, reducing the capital’s connection to a few minutes more than four hours. However, route availability between London and Edinburgh is […]

Engineering work in Darlington to deliver upgrades to passengers’ journeys on East Coast Main Line

January 23, 2024
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In February, Network Rail engineers will be working to upgrade part of the East Coast Main Line through Darlington to deliver smoother and more reliable […]