Huge improvements scheduled for West Coast Main Line over Christmas period

Passengers travelling on the West Coast Main Line this Christmas are being urged to check before they travel ahead of a programme of major railway improvements. Between 25 December and 15 January, thousands of workers from Network Rail and its supply chain will be upgrading sections of the line between London and Cumbria to improve […]

Upgrade work to affect train journeys in Somerset this December.

Network Rail will complete essential engineering work over seven days in Somerset next week, affecting passengers travelling through the Castle Cary area. Over the course of one week, between Monday 8 and Sunday 14 December, track drainage is being replaced next to Somerton Tunnel to help alleviate the risk of flooding on the line between […]

South Western Railway and Network Rail restore full West of England timetable

Hourly train services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids have resumed today, Saturday 29 November. South Western Railway and Network Rail have restored the full West of England timetable, after speed restrictions between Gillingham in Dorset and Axminster in Devon were removed earlier this week. The driest spring and hottest summer ever recorded in […]

Changes to train services at London Waterloo as Network Rail makes major upgrades

Train services into and out of London Waterloo will change from Saturday 27 December 2025 to Sunday 4 January 2026 as engineers carry out vital upgrades near Queenstown Road. The work will improve safety and reliability on one of the country’s busiest railways. More than 350 engineers will renew track, switches and crossings, and conductor […]

£2 million Lincolnshire track upgrade taking place over next two weekends

A £2 million investment in new track in Lincolnshire will mean changes to journeys over the next two weekends. Passengers are advised that an amended timetable will be in operation between Nottingham and Skegness on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 November and Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 December. The engineering work means that rail replacement […]

Nottinghamshire station drainage to affect passenger journeys this weekend

Drainage improvement work at Lowdham station will affect passenger services between Nottingham and Lincoln on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 November. Network Rail will be installing 400 metres of drainage pipe and 16 water management chambers at the station, replacing equipment which is now life expired. The project – an investment of about £300,000 – […]