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Network Rail re-energises its Switched On website as rail safety education is put onto the English National Curriculum: SwitchedOn25

Network Rail re-energises its Switched On website as rail safety education is put onto the English National Curriculum

Monday 17 Nov 2025
  • 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: Platform4 Newcastle Forth Goods Yard1

Network Rail launches Platform4 to regenerate the rail estate

Thursday 13 Nov 2025

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.

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Travelling by train this Christmas and New Year? Book ahead and plan your journey as improvement work means some changes to trains travelling through Cardiff: Cardiff Central station-19

Travelling by train this Christmas and New Year? Book ahead and plan your journey as improvement work means some changes to trains travelling through Cardiff

Thursday 27 Nov 2025

Network Rail will be carrying out vital upgrades west of Cardiff Central station between 24-31 December to keep the railway safe and reliable for passengers. 

Transpennine Route Upgrade to deliver Christmas and New Year improvements between Leeds and York: TRU East OLE work-2

Transpennine Route Upgrade to deliver Christmas and New Year improvements between Leeds and York

Thursday 27 Nov 2025

Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) teams will take to the railway between Leeds and York over the Christmas period and throughout January to complete vital work, helping deliver faster, greener, more frequent services across the North.

Network Rail and partners unite to support White Ribbon campaign in Birmingham: (From left to right) Councillor Nicky Brennan; Jonny Wiseman, customer experience director at West Midlands Railway; Laurence Turner MP; Denise Wetton, director for Network Rail Central route; Mal Drury-Rose, director of rail for Transport for West Midlands; Andy Mellors, managing director for Avanti West Coast

Network Rail and partners unite to support White Ribbon campaign in Birmingham

Thursday 27 Nov 2025

Birmingham’s rail industry, its city partners, and passengers have called for an end to male violence against women and girls as part of this year’s White Ribbon Day.

Successful UK-first mainline rail trial introduces real-time train location technology to enhance safety at rural level crossings in Wales: Universal signalling trial Nov2025.2

Successful UK-first mainline rail trial introduces real-time train location technology to enhance safety at rural level crossings in Wales

Wednesday 26 Nov 2025

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: Looe Branch Line Cornwall

Passengers travelling to Looe to be affected by tree maintenance work

Wednesday 26 Nov 2025

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: Birmingham New Street 0040

Birmingham New Street prepared and ready for busy Black Friday weekend

Wednesday 26 Nov 2025

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: 30 November 2025 disruption map

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

Tuesday 25 Nov 2025

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: Mirfield station upgrade Nov 25

Major improvements this Christmas at Mirfield station

Tuesday 25 Nov 2025

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.