Stations
In Great Britain, 2,567 stations were served by mainline rail services as at 31 March 2020.
Which are the busiest and least used railway stations in the UK?
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Rail News
Award-winning landscape photography on show at Leeds city station
Leeds City station visitors and photography lovers can view an exhibition of stunning British landscape photography as part of a nationwide tour.
Winning and commended images from the 2023 Landscape Photographer of the Year Award can be seen free-of-charge at...
London Waterloo
Future vision for London Waterloo station unveiled
Lambeth Council and Network Rail have joined forces with many partners to develop an ambitious long-term plan for the future development of London Waterloo station and the surrounding Waterloo and South Bank area.
The London Waterloo Station vision sets out...
Environment
Thameslink creates buzz about biodiversity
There’s been a hive of activity at six Thameslink railway stations where wildlife experts have installed 20 new ‘homes for nature’, said to be the bee’s knees for a wide variety of animals.
As part of Thameslink’s biodiversity commitments, the...
Rail News
Planning application submitted for multimillion pound station development in Haxby
New images have been released showing what Haxby’s new multimillion pound station could look like after the submission of a planning application, bringing the reconnection of the town and neighbouring areas to the UK rail network a step closer.
Just...
Government
Work to deliver Midlands Rail Hub set to begin with £123 million
Work on the Midlands Rail Hub is set to begin after ministers provided an initial £123 million funding injection.
The transformational upgrade project is part of the Government’s plan to improve transport across the region and beyond, boosting the capacity...
Charity
GTR employee aims to visit all GB railway stations in just six weeks
A control room train services manager for Govia Thameslink Railway hopes to visit all 2,580 of Great Britain's railway stations in just six weeks.
Dave Jones, 34 of Three Bridges, West Sussex, expects to average 62 stations a day in...
Permanent Way
Major engineering work completed at UK’s only sliding bridge
Network Rail engineers have completed a mammoth nine-day programme of engineering work at the UK’s only sliding canal bridge in Keadby, near Scunthorpe.
Teams have worked around the clock since midnight on Saturday 17 February until the early hours of...
Charity
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...
Covid
Covid plaque unveiled by Network Rail chair and Railway Mission chaplain
A commemorative brass plaque has been unveiled at the National Railway Museum byNetwork Rail Chair Lord Peter Hendy of Richmond Hill and Angela Levitt-Harwood, RailwayMission's York region chaplain.
Ahead of Reflection Day (March 3), Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill revisited...
General Interest
Network Rail investigating historic mine found beneath Walkden station during accessibility upgrade
Surveys are due to take place at Walkden station in Greater Manchester after the discovery of historic mine shafts delayed work to improve accessibility for passengers.
Engineers discovered the shafts when designing the multi-million-pound ‘Access for All' upgrade of the...
Latest News
Petards Rail boosts team with new appointment
Intelligent train technology provider Petards Rail has appointed Calvin Fahey to the role of procurement manager.
Calvin is Level 3...
