Passengers travelling between London Euston and Scotland are being advised to plan their journeys in advance over the Easter bank holiday weekend. Between Friday 18 April and Monday 21 April, Network Rail will be delivering a suite of upgrades to improve the reliability of the railway for passengers and freight services. The renewal of switches […]
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Major engineering work across the south coast to impact services in Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth during the Easter holidays
Rail passengers are being advised to plan their journeys in advance over Easter as Network Rail delivers an £86m investment programme consisting of more than 300 upgrade projects across the country. Across the Wessex route, train services along the south coast in Hampshire, notably between Southampton and Portsmouth, will be amended between 12 and 20 […]
Passengers urged to plan ahead this Easter as essential engineering work takes place across south London, East Kent and East Sussex
Network Rail and train operators in the south east are urging passengers to plan ahead over the Easter period as a major programme of railway upgrades in south London, Kent and Sussex are delivered. While more than 90% of the railway will remain open over the Easter period, Network Rail’s engineers will complete a number […]
Early May Bank Holiday Weekend: Buses replace trains in the Basingstoke area while Network Rail carry out vital track improvements
Buses will replace trains in the Basingstoke area over the early May Bank Holiday Weekend (Sunday 4 and Monday 5 May) while Network Rail complete essential track improvements. Over the two-day closure, Network Rail’s engineers will be replacing the track that runs through Platform 4 at Basingstoke station as well as between Fleet and Farnborough […]
Passengers advised of Liverpool Lime Street overground closure on Easter Sunday
Railway upgrades in the Liverpool City Region mean there will be no overground services into Liverpool Lime Street station on Sunday 20 April. Passengers intending to travel into Liverpool are advised to plan their journeys in advance over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend as there are changes to train services. Lines between Mossley Hill, Huyton […]
£5 Million Government Competition Launches to Transform Rail Passenger Experience
The government has launched a £5 million competition to support pioneering technologies aimed at transforming the passenger experience on Britain’s railways. Delivered by Innovate UK in partnership with the Department for Transport, the First of a Kind (FOAK) competition is now open for applications. The programme offers grant funding to help bring new ideas to life on […]
Rail journeys affected by upgrade work in Hampshire over Easter period
Great Western Railway services will be affected by important rail improvement works taking place in the Southampton area at Easter. Network Rail plans to stabilise embankments and carry out track upgrades between Southampton Central and Fareham, as well as carrying out other essential maintenance. These works will impact train services from Saturday 12 to Sunday […]
London St. Pancras Highspeed announces new incentive scheme to grow international rail services
London St. Pancras Highspeed (the new trading name of HS1 Ltd) has unveiled a groundbreaking incentive scheme for new and existing international train operators to accelerate the growth of rail travel from London to Europe on the UK’s only high-speed railway. The International Growth Incentive Scheme will encourage train operators to introduce new services, launch new destinations, […]
Major engineering work across the south coast to impact services in Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth during the Easter holidays
Rail passengers are being advised to plan their journeys in advance over Easter as Network Rail delivers an £86m investment programme consisting of more than 300 upgrade projects across the country. Across the Wessex route, train services along the south coast in Hampshire, notably between Southampton and Portsmouth, will be amended between 12 and 20 […]