Network Rail has announced that Doncaster’s new railway training centre will be named The Gresley Institute. This follows a public vote, held in partnership with City of Doncaster Council, which attracted over 3,500 responses. The three-storey building on Carolina Way near Lakeside is being brought back into use by Network Rail. Formerly home to the […]
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Transport Secretary comments on Huntingdon train attack
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has commented after a knife attack aboard a train on Saturday 1 November which left 11 people injured and sparked alarm across the UK rail network. The incident took place aboard the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross, shortly after departing Peterborough railway station. Heidi […]
Visitors to Network Rail stations help boost Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal towards £1 million target
Passengers and visitors to London’s busiest railway stations were thanked for their generosity after helping raise funds in support of the Royal British Legion’s (RBL) Poppy Day appeal on Thursday 30 October (London Poppy Day), Around 3,000 armed forces personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army, and RAF, along with volunteer collectors, shook their collection […]
Key railway upgrades taking place in the Coventry area this weekend
Passengers are being advised to check before travelling during key railway upgrades in the Coventry area this weekend. Network Rail teams will be replacing track, improving drainage and upgrading points – the devices that let trains move from one track to another at junctions. This essential improvement work will help keep the railway safe for […]
£3.6m investment project at Filey station is completed
Filey station has welcomed visitors to the seaside town for nearly 180 years – and will continue to do so for generations to come after its £3.6million upgrade. Network Rail has worked with partners on the refurbishment of the grade II*-listed building, which opened in 1846. The project has included repairs to the lantern roof […]
Passenger services affected by testing in £1.4bn digital signalling project
Passengers are advised that further progress with digital signalling will affect journeys over the weekend of 22 and 23 November, closing a large section of the railway south of Peterborough towards London. Testing of new equipment will be taking place in Hertfordshire between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin, under the £1.4 billion East Coast Digital […]
Michael Morpurgo and War Horse ‘Joey’ honoured by Great Western Railway
Joey, the star of the National Theatre’s acclaimed production of War Horse, made a rare off-stage appearance at London Paddington today as Great Western Railway (GWR) named a train after him and his creator, Michael Morpurgo. Commuters at Paddington station watched in awe as the astonishing life-sized horse, Joey – created by Handspring Puppet Company – […]
Railway closure in South West Wales this weekend for major signalling upgrade
Buses will replace trains from Friday 31 October through the weekend between Carmarthen and Swansea as Network Rail switches the route over to new safer and more efficient digital technology Rail passengers are advised that the railway will be closed between Carmarthen and Swansea on Friday 31 October, Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 November, while […]