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TRU launches second round of Community Fund with £250,000 for local communities
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is launching the second round of its Community Fund, offering £250,000 to support local community groups, schools and charities along its major railway route.
Tunnel tours celebrate Railway 200 and Birmingham Heritage Week
Thirty people have been behind the scenes at Birmingham New Street to celebrate the city's heritage and the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway.
Diversion route for road users as Frome railway bridge work takes place
Network Rail will soon begin refurbishing Portway railway bridge in Frome, with the work set to close a road in the Somerset town for seven weeks.
South Gloucestershire residents invited to discuss flood resilience work
Local residents are invited to discuss ongoing work to improve flood resilience near Chipping Sodbury and Yate in South Gloucestershire.
Essential engineering works: Buses replace trains during rail works between Rhyl and Llandudno Junction
Replacement bus services will operate between Rhyl and Llandudno Junction across three weekends, from the end of September, while Network Rail carries out essential works.
Major signalling upgrade in South West Wales will see railway operations move to our centralised control centre in Port Talbot
Phase two of the Port Talbot West resignalling project starts this month, with commissioning in November, bringing a safer, more reliable railway - with some planned rail and road closures needed to complete the work safely.
Darlington power upgrade marks milestone in £140m station project
Power supply upgrades have been completed as work progresses on Darlington station’s £140m transformational expansion project.
Batley station car park to temporarily close as part of major rail upgrade
Batley station car park will close from 22 September until Summer 2026 to facilitate major upgrade work as part of the multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).