Motorists, rail passengers, and residents impacted by the £60 million renewal of a major West Coast Main Line railway bridge are being thanked after disruptive demolition work was successfully completed this weekend. The huge project near Penrith in Cumbria involves a 130-metre-long bridge being removed and a new one installed over the first two weekends […]
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King’s Cross LNER first class lounge to undergo major refurbishment
An extensive refurbishment of the LNER First Class Lounge at London King’s Cross is due to begin at the end of January 2026 as LNER continues to deliver improved experiences for its customers. The exciting investment has been developed in conjunction with customer feedback and will build on the popularity of the existing lounge, providing […]
Railway junction near Slough reopens following successful improvement work
The railway line at a junction between Slough and Reading (Dolphin Junction) has reopened following the successful completion of Network Rail’s essential engineering work, which took place over the festive period. Engineers worked throughout Christmas and New Year to renew the points and overhead lines on two of the four sets of tracks on the […]
Full SWR services resume after upgrades between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction
South Western Railway services resumed this morning (Monday 5 January) between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction following 11 days of engineering work on one of the busiest stretches of railway in the country More than 350 engineers have worked around the clock since Christmas Day to deliver a series of upgrades in the Queenstown Road […]
Avanti West Coast trains diverting via historic line during engineering work
Avanti West Coast has started running trains on the historic Settle to Carlisle line to keep customers moving across the North West during major engineering works for the next two weeks. The 07.54 departure on Thursday 1 January, from Wigan to Carlisle, was the first intercity passenger service to use the 73-mile-long railway in over […]
Christmas progress for key HS2 viaducts
The construction of one of the most complicated parts of the HS2 project took a step forward over the Christmas break, with the completion of two key viaduct spans over the existing railway near Water Orton in Warwickshire. The spans form a small part of the Delta junction – a huge triangular intersection being built […]
Train operator issues updated New Year travel advice
Northern has released updated travel advice for customers making journeys over New Year and the first week of January. On New Year’s Eve, most trains will run to their normal weekday timetables, with the last trains running around 9pm. Buses will replace trains between Leeds and York/Selby whilst improvement work takes place on the line. […]
New railway bridge rolls into place in West Dunbartonshire
A new railway bridge being built at a strategic development site in Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, has been successfully glided into position, marking a major moment in the site’s transformation. Work by Network Rail began in the summer with the excavation of more than 80,000 tonnes of material to create space for the new structure. Once […]