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Network Rail re-energises its Switched On website as rail safety education is put onto the English National Curriculum
- Rail safety education becomes mandatory in PSHE curriculum in England from September 2026
- Switched On rail safety website relaunched with enhanced, age-appropriate resources for school pupils from ages 3 - 16
- New materials added including resources to help tackle the influence of dangerous social media trends and peer pressure encouraging bad behaviour on or near railways
Network Rail launches Platform4 to regenerate the rail estate
New property development company set up to build 40,000 new homes and over 10 million sq ft of commercial space over the next ten years.
Latest News
Successful UK-first mainline rail trial introduces real-time train location technology to enhance safety at rural level crossings in Wales
Network Rail’s trial of Universal Signalling’s ‘U-Cross’ system marks a significant step forward in delivering next-generation, safer signalling to rural railway lines across Britain.
Passengers travelling to Looe to be affected by tree maintenance work
Passengers in Cornwall are asked to check their journeys between Liskeard and Looe ahead of a major tree maintenance project by Network Rail.
Birmingham New Street prepared and ready for busy Black Friday weekend
Passengers are being urged to plan their journeys with hundreds of thousands of savvy shoppers expected to travel into Birmingham for Black Friday weekend.
Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express passengers urged to plan ahead as buses replace trains between Gatwick Airport and and Brighton, Hove, Lewes or Horsham on Sunday 30 November
Essential engineering work on the Brighton Main Line south of Gatwick Airport means that passengers need to check before they travel.
Major improvements this Christmas at Mirfield station
Customers travelling over the Christmas period are being encouraged to plan ahead as significant upgrades continue across West Yorkshire to bring faster, more reliable and greener journeys.
CHRISTMAS 2025: Changes to train services at London Waterloo as Network Rail carry out major upgrades
Train services into and out of London Waterloo will change from Saturday 27 December 2025 to Sunday 4 January 2026 as engineers carry out vital upgrades near Queenstown Road
Road reopens after work to Frome railway bridge
Network Rail has completed work to refurbish Portway railway bridge in Frome, with the road under the bridge now open again.
£2m track upgrade in Lincolnshire taking place over next two weekends
A £2 million investment in new track in Lincolnshire will mean changes to journeys over the next two weekends.