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Vital upgrades between Portsmouth and Fareham over February half term

Network Rail is reminding customers to plan ahead and allow plenty of time as buses replace South Western Railway (SWR), Great Western Railway (GWR), and Southern trains between Southampton Central and Havant, Eastleigh and Portsmouth Harbour and Southampton Central...

Public invited to give feedback on HS2’s Euston Portal headhouse design

HS2 is inviting the local community in Camden, and the wider public, to give feedback on newly published designs for the Euston Portal headhouse. HS2’s London tunnels contractor, Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture (SCS JV), will build eight headhouses in...

Vital signal upgrades to close Reading to Gatwick Airport train line for nine days

Vital improvement work will see the railway line between Reading and Gatwick Airport close for nine days from this Saturday. From Saturday 10 to Sunday 18 February, Network Rail will carry out signal upgrades and level crossing works in the...

Emergency work to stabilise a cutting near Fareham in southeast Hampshire completed – but buses will again replace trains between Eastleigh and Fareham next...

Network Rail has thanked customers travelling between Eastleigh and Fareham for their patience while emergency works to stabilise a cutting took place. Over the last week, Network Rail’s engineers have worked around the clock to carry out urgent landslip prevention...

RAIB report: Train striking debris at Yarnton

RAIB has today released its report into a train striking debris at Yarnton near Hanborough, Oxfordshire, 10 February 2023. Summary Just after 18:35 hrs on Friday 10 February 2023, the driver of the 17:34 hrs Great Western Railway service from London...

£24 million boost to deliver improved rail journeys in Bradford

Passengers in Bradford are set to benefit from improved rail journeys thanks to a multi-million-pound Government funding boost. In Bradford today, Rail Minister Huw Merriman revealed the latest investment in the city as he confirmed £24 million towards a new...

Pay deal secured for majority of Hitachi maintenance workers

The trade union Unite has secured increased pay for workers at Hitachi trains working on Great Western Railways (GWR), resolving an industrial dispute. However, Hitachi engineers, repairs, and maintenance crews at LNER remain on strike though as Hitachi has...

Major rail upgrades planned for Yorkshire Wolds Line in February

Network Rail will be carrying out major upgrades to the railway between Beverley and Hunmanby in February. From Saturday 3 February to Sunday 11 February, engineers will be working in various areas between the two stations as they install new...

New British Steel rail stocking facility will boost Network Rail supply chain

British Steel is building a new £10 million rail stocking facility, the biggest of its kind in the country. The facility, at the company’s Scunthorpe site, is scheduled to be completed this summer and will stock around 25,000 tonnes of...

Key milestone reached on project to improve mobile connectivity on East Coast Main Line

LNER, Network Rail and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are collaborating to improve mobile connectivity on the East Coast Main Line. The joint project, which is delivering new mobile phone infrastructure into tunnels outside London King’s Cross station, has reached an...

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ORR review leads to 50% reduction in maximum fees for ticket refunds

New rules will mean that from 2 April the maximum fee that train operators and ticket retailers can charge...