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Woking and Crewkerne landslips repairs progress update: An SWR service travels past the landslip site between Brookwood and Woking at 20mph

Woking and Crewkerne landslips repairs progress update

Friday 8 Dec 2023

Network Rail are working around the clock to repair landslips at Woking in Surrey and Crewkerne in Somerset as full service expected to resume from Monday morning.

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Passengers urged to check before they travel to and from London Paddington today (Friday)

Friday 8 Dec 2023

Passengers travelling to and from London Paddington today (Friday, 8 December) are being urged to check their journeys before they leave, as a more limited service will be operating than usual.

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Check before you travel as heavy rain expected in southwest Scotland: NR Logo

Check before you travel as heavy rain expected in southwest Scotland

Friday 8 Dec 2023

Rail passengers are being advised to check their journeys as speed restrictions are put in place due to extreme weather in Scotland.

Woking and Crewkerne landslips repairs progress update: An SWR service travels past the landslip site between Brookwood and Woking at 20mph

Woking and Crewkerne landslips repairs progress update

Friday 8 Dec 2023

Network Rail are working around the clock to repair landslips at Woking in Surrey and Crewkerne in Somerset as full service expected to resume from Monday morning.

Marion Fellows MP visits Camps Viaduct rail bridge improvement project: Camps viaduct MP visit-13

Marion Fellows MP visits Camps Viaduct rail bridge improvement project

Friday 8 Dec 2023

Scotland’s Railway welcomed Marion Fellows, MP for Motherwell and Wishaw, to the Camps Viaduct project site to see progress on the £6m investment to strengthen the bridge.

Celebration as Network Rail completes four-year £30m restoration of iconic Barmouth Viaduct: A train crossing Barmouth Viaduct, December 2023

Celebration as Network Rail completes four-year £30m restoration of iconic Barmouth Viaduct

Friday 8 Dec 2023

The completion of the £30m restoration of the iconic Barmouth Viaduct in north Wales was celebrated today (Friday 8 December) after a painstaking four-year programme of work to carefully restore the 156-year-old, grade II* listed structure, back to its former glory and protect it for generations to come.

Sunderland station entrance opens doors: Julie Elliott MP and representatives from Network Rail, Sunderland City Council, and BAM at Sunderland Station

Sunderland station entrance opens doors

Friday 8 Dec 2023

Sunderland's multi-million-pound southern train station entrance has officially opened its doors today (Friday December 8).    

Transpennine Route Upgrade Step-up to Safety: MicrosoftTeams-image (16) (1)

Transpennine Route Upgrade Step-up to Safety

Friday 8 Dec 2023

Wednesday 6 December saw the winter Safety Step Up Day, a quarterly event organised by TRU to enhance safety culture and foster a secure work environment across the Transpennine Route Upgrade. 

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Passengers urged to check before they travel to and from London Paddington today (Friday)

Friday 8 Dec 2023

Passengers travelling to and from London Paddington today (Friday, 8 December) are being urged to check their journeys before they leave, as a more limited service will be operating than usual.

Engineers begin bridge enhancement works on East Kilbride railway line: HAIRMYRES STATION 2

Engineers begin bridge enhancement works on East Kilbride railway line

Thursday 7 Dec 2023

Work begins this month to three railway bridges in Hairmyres as part of the East Kilbride enhancement project.