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Passengers warned to plan journeys in advance and only travel by train if absolutely necessary on 18 and 20 August due to continued national industrial action
- Coordinated industry contingency plan will see around 20% of services running and some parts of the country with no rail services
- Special timetables for 18 and 20 August are due to be published on 14 and 16 August, but it is likely that trains will start later and finish much earlier than usual, between 7.30am and 6.30pm
- Passengers are asked to plan ahead, check before they travel, to expect disruption and to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary
Railway open for August Bank Holiday rush as Network Rail delivers upgrades to improve passenger journeys
- Vast majority of network (95%) will be open for business as usual, but some routes will be affected by the works taking place, so passengers are asked to check before they travel
- Network Rail will deliver £90m worth of upgrades to the railway this August Bank Holiday
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Huge increase in station footfall during opening week of Edinburgh Festival
The number of people passing through Waverley Station on the first week of the Edinburgh Festival reached over 800,000.
People travelling in Horsham are being advised to plan ahead as Network Rail closes Parsonage Road level crossing to pedestrians and motorists for 10 days as part of £8m investment
Both Parsonage Road and Littlehaven level crossings will be closed to improve reliability of the railway for passengers and make level crossings safer for motorists and people travelling by foot.
Work continues over August Bank Holiday to introduce digital signalling on East Coast Main Line
Passengers intending to travel between London Kings Cross and Stevenage and on Great Northern routes into Moorgate over the August Bank Holiday weekend are being asked to plan ahead due to engineering work, and check how their journey may be affected.
Safety message clear as Leven work ramps up
Work to build the second mile of new track on the Levenmouth Rail Link is now underway.
Birmingham New Street closed this Saturday during train drivers’ strike
Passengers are being warned that no trains will be running to or from Birmingham New Street station this Saturday (13 August) during industrial action by train drivers.
Train drivers' strike to close London Euston station this Saturday
Passengers are being warned that no trains will be running to or from London Euston station this Saturday (13 August) during industrial action by train drivers.
Passengers warned to plan journeys in advance and only travel by train if absolutely necessary on 18 and 20 August due to continued national industrial action
- Coordinated industry contingency plan will see around 20% of services running and some parts of the country with no rail services
- Special timetables for 18 and 20 August are due to be published on 14 and 16 August, but it is likely that trains will start later and finish much earlier than usual, between 7.30am and 6.30pm
- Passengers are asked to plan ahead, check before they travel, to expect disruption and to only travel by rail if absolutely necessary
Reminder: Network Rail apologises to Bees fans for own goal as engineering work hits Saturday's United match
Network Rail has said sorry to Brentford fans ahead of four days of engineering work that clash with the club’s match against Manchester United.