Category: Travel

Train services resume between Yeovil Pen Mill and Weymouth after improvement programme

Train services are running again between Yeovil Pen Mill and Weymouth on the Heart of Wessex Line after Network Rail spent the past nine days continuing its upgrade programme for the line. Engineers worked around the clock to strengthen the embankments between Chetnole and Maiden Newton around the Evershot Tunnel. The team cut through soil […]

Passengers warned of disruption ahead of key London Marylebone upgrades

Passengers on the Chiltern Main Line have been warned to check before travelling next weekend (14 and 15 March) as key upgrade work is completed. Engineering teams will be working on a mile-long section of track around West Ruislip station, replacing old rail sleepers with new concrete equivalents, updating track and renewing ballast on the […]

TPE children’s book starring therapy dog Nya helps young rail travellers stay safe

TransPennine Express (TPE) is set to launch a new children’s book featuring Nya, its much‑loved therapy dog, in a bid to help young passengers feel more confident and reassured when travelling by train.   Written by the train operator’s safeguarding and crime prevention Lead, Steve O’Callaghan, the story will be released on World Book Day.   Nya, a six-year-old German Shepherd […]

TPE children’s book starring therapy dog Nya helps young rail travellers stay safe

TransPennine Express (TPE) is set to launch a new children’s book featuring Nya, its much‑loved therapy dog, in a bid to help young passengers feel more confident and reassured when travelling by train.   Written by the train operator’s safeguarding and crime prevention Lead, Steve O’Callaghan, the story will be released on World Book Day.   Nya, a six-year-old German Shepherd […]

Vital track upgrades between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction planned for Easter

A reduced service will operate between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction over the Easter Weekend, Friday 3 to Monday 6 April, while engineers carry out vital engineering work. Engineers will replace track at London Waterloo used by trains that run towards Reading, Weybridge via Staines, and Windsor & Eton Riverside. Trains for these destinations will […]

Passengers advised of major upgrade work starting this weekend

Passengers are being reminded that a programme of major improvement work is taking place on the East Coast Main Line from this weekend (Saturday 7 March). A range of railway upgrades are planned for various sites between York and Newcastle for four weekends: 7-8, 14-15, 21-22 and 28-29 March. There will also be digital signalling […]

Publicly owned train operators mark World Hearing Day

Train operators in public ownership have marked World Hearing Day (Tuesday 3 March) by highlighting initiatives that have improved the travel experience for deaf, hard‑of‑hearing and British Sign Language (BSL)‑using passengers. The measures include a mix of live interpreter services, AI-powered BSL translation, and speech‑to‑text systems. Central to the train operators’ approach is the availability […]

Sheffield bridge replacement taking place this weekend

Passengers are reminded that journey times this weekend will be affected by the reconstruction of a bridge deck in Sheffield this weekend (7-8 March). Services between Sheffield and Chesterfield will be affected while the core work takes place to replace the steel structure carrying the railway over the River Sheaf at Beauchief to ensure the […]