Recycled plastic sleepers laid in historic Perthshire railway tunnel

A 175-year-old Perthshire railway tunnel has been given a new lease of life in a £6 million project delivered by Network Rail. Trains travelling through Moncrieffe tunnel, south of Perth, will now be running on rails supported by recycled plastic...

Network Rail chair Lord Peter Hendy opens new community space at Henley-in-Arden station

On Thursday 22 February, representatives from the Railway Heritage Trust, Henley-in-Arden Parish Council, West Midlands Railway, Friends of the Shakespeare Line and Friends of Henley Railway Station joined Network Rail’s Lord Peter Hendy to open Henley-in-Arden’s newly refurbished station...

Historic platform canopies restored at Great Malvern station

Victorian platform canopies have been renovated at Great Malvern station in Worcestershire as part a £5 million investment to improve the station for passengers. Network Rail has worked with its contractor Murphy to replace overhead glazing, complete structural strengthening and...

Northern volunteers restore railway memorials

Volunteers at Poppleton station have restored two historical memorials to former railway workers and returned them to their former glory. Benches bearing plaques commemorating signalers, who had worked close to the station, had become rotten and worn down over the...

Enthusiast event success continues at the Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway is celebrating after its brand-new Winter Diesel Day event attracted unexpectedly high visitor numbers last week. The event, which took place on Friday 29 December, drew more than 1,000 paid passengers plus hundreds more shareholders. It...

Virtual reality keeps Birmingham’s iconic power signal box alive

Virtual reality tours inside Birmingham’s iconic signal box are now online a year on from the much-loved building moving its last trains through New Street station. In September, Network Rail gave special access to the University of Birmingham to completely...

Flying Scotsman to Visit Locomotion this Christmas

Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham is set to host a special visit from world famous locomotive Flying Scotsman this Christmas to celebrate the locomotive’s 100th birthday. Flying Scotsman will visit the museum from 16 December 2023 – 7 January 2024...

Local school receives a piece of history from engineers working on the restoration of the Barmouth viaduct

Students at Ysgol y Traeth, Barmouth, were visited recently by engineers from Network Rail and representatives from contractors Alun Griffiths and Penny's Group for a school assembly on the ongoing restoration of the iconic Barmouth viaduct. The visit was an...

130-year-old Beverley station footbridge reopens after refurbishment

Beverley station’s 130-year-old footbridge has welcomed its first passenger in over 14 months after its refurbishment project has been completed. Since May 2023, Network Rail engineers have worked to restore the Grade II-listed structure to its former glory. The original...

Greater Anglia donates accessibility ramps to help heritage railway

Greater Anglia has donated several accessibility ramps to the North Norfolk Railway, to help customers with accessibility needs who travel on this popular heritage line. The train operator has donated seven ramps to the North Norfolk Railway, a heritage line...

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Network Rail and the Railway Children raise over £130,000 to help vulnerable children

Network Rail has teamed up with the charity Railway Children to host a fifth annual sleepout event in railway...