Category: UK

Total Active Hub and Network Rail Unveil Epic Challenge to Get the Rail Industry Moving

The rail industry is about to get moving like never before. Total Active Hub and Network RailSouthern Region have joined forces to launch the Railway 200 Active Challenge: Miles ofHistory; a landmark initiative inspiring employees across the UK rail network team up, movemore and celebrate 200 years of rail in an active and memorable way. Running […]

Scenic Heart of Wales service shows continued improvement

One of the most picturesque rail routes in the UK has shown consistent improvement in performance and reliability for passengers this year. The latest figures for the Heart of Wales line, which connects Swansea with Shrewsbury via Llandrindod Wells, show that the reliability rate of services along the route stood at 97.5% between 22 June […]

Minor temporary amendments to c2c timetable from next week after driest spring since 1974

Customers using c2c services are being advised to check journey planners before they travel from Monday 18 August as the timetable is being amended in response to track conditions. As in other parts of the country, the track has been affected by the driest spring in more than 50 years. The clay soil underneath the […]

Railway station closures set for Huddersfield and Deighton

Customers are being urged to plan ahead as transformational work to modernise the railway across Huddersfield and Deighton gets underway, bringing significant improvements to journeys across the North. From Saturday 30 August, Huddersfield station will temporarily close for 30 days, whilst Deighton station will close until 2027, as part of the multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade […]

Greek Street bridge – out with the old, now it’s in with the new in Stockport

A 67-year-old railway bridge carrying a roundabout over the West Coast Main Line in Stockport has been successfully removed in the first week of its major £20m replacement. Network Rail is ten days into a 21-day railway closure for the huge civil engineering project to transform transport in the town. Around 100 engineers per day […]

Some Might Say it was a record-breaking weekend at Edinburgh Waverley

Edinburgh Waverley welcomed a record number of passengers at the weekend, as thousands of festivalgoers and music fans descended on the capital for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, and the highly anticipated Oasis concerts at Murrayfield.  The station recorded its busiest day on Saturday 9 August, with footfall reaching 148,000 – […]

A million green miles driven by Network Rail’s electric vehicles across the south of England

Network Rail’s electric vehicle fleet in operation across the South of England hit a major landmark this month with the vehicles reaching a total combined distance of one million miles since the rollout began.   The electric vehicle fleet has been used by different teams across Network rail’s Southern region, which connects London with Kent, Sussex, […]

Rail journeys affected by engineering work in the Cotswolds

Network Rail plans to carry out track renewals, plus essential maintenance impacting trains between Moreton-in-Marsh and Worcester Shrub Hill. These works will impact services on this route from Monday 18 to Sunday 24 August: Billy White, GWR Station Manager for Oxford, Didcot and North Cotswolds area, said: “This forms part of an ongoing programme of […]

Construction of landmark Rail innovation centre takes shape

Construction of a modern rail innovation and training centre in Barrow Hill is beginning to take shape as construction of the steel frame begins. The Derbyshire Rail Industry Innovation Vehicle (DRIIVe) is being built next to the historic Barrow Hill Roundhouse. Once complete it will provide classroom and training areas, specialist research and development facilities including […]