Passengers are reminded that a package of major improvement work is taking place on the East Coast Main Line in May, supporting a more reliable and resilient railway. The programme of engineering work will affect services during the bank holiday weekends of 2-4 May (May Day) and 23-25 May (Spring Bank), when fewer passengers typically […]
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LNER restores Flying Scotsman service to historic mid-morning time slot
LNER is set to celebrate the return of the Flying Scotsman service to its historic mid-morning timetable slot. To mark the reinstatement of departure times that more closely reflect the service’s historic schedule, with departures at 10:00 from Edinburgh to London and 10:30 from London to Edinburgh, customers travelling on the morning of Monday 18 […]
Liverpool Lime Street travel advice this early May Bank Holiday
Rail passengers planning to travel to or from Liverpool during the early May Bank Holiday weekend are being advised to plan ahead when upcoming railway upgrades take place. The majority of the railway in the North West will remain open, but Liverpool Lime Street will be closed to overground services on Sunday 3 May and […]
Ashton tram line to see track replacement work this weekend
Transport for Greater Manchester is reminding passengers that essential track replacement work is taking place on the Ashton tram line this weekend. No trams will run between Etihad Campus and Ashton-under-Lyne on Saturday 25 and 26 April. Replacement buses will call at stops between Piccadilly Gardens and Ashton-under-Lyne to help customers continue their journey. However, […]
Railway improvements delivered in Bedfordshire
Network Rail engineers have successfully completed a busy programme of improvement works in Bedfordshire to improve safety, accessibility and reliability for passengers. Another milestone was reached at Harlington station, where the ageing footbridge has been safely removed following the installation of a new, modern structure in December. Engineers also completed improvements to the overhead line […]
Lumo reveals refreshed West Coast train
As the countdown is underway to the launch of Lumo’s pioneering new West Coast open access rail service from this spring, the low-cost operator has revealed the first refurbished train that will serve the route. The trains are being refurbished at Alstom’s Widnes modernisation facility, in partnership with Beacon. Their refurbished interiors feature refreshed existing […]
New TPE train timetable will introduce all-night Manchester airport services
TransPennine Express (TPE) is set to introduce a new timetable next month with services to run all night to and from Manchester Airport. The addition of eight new services will mean that there will be a train roughly every hour between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport all day, every day. Alongside the rest of the […]
North East rail improvement projects will affect train and Metro services
Railway improvement work in the North East will change passenger services on Sunday 3 and bank holiday Monday 4 May. Network Rail teams will be carrying out planned engineering work at three locations to improve the reliability of the railway. The work includes improving drainage at Sunderland station to help prevent flooding and protect the […]
North East rail improvement projects will affect train and Metro services
Railway improvement work in the North East will change passenger services on Sunday 3 and bank holiday Monday 4 May. Network Rail teams will be carrying out planned engineering work at three locations to improve the reliability of the railway. The work includes improving drainage at Sunderland station to help prevent flooding and protect the […]
Passengers thanked after Lancashire’s week-long power line renewals
West Coast Main Line passengers are being thanked for their patience after improvements to the overhead power systems for trains this April. Network Rail and its supply chain partners have replaced over 50km of overhead lines between Preston, Lancaster and Fylde as part of a wider £400 million programme of investment in Lancashire and across […]