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Rail industry crackdown as trespassing criminals cause more than 3,300 hours of delays for passengers in a year
- Trespass crime including cable theft, vandalism, and obstruction caused nearly five months of delays to passengers and cost the industry over £10 million in delay costs in 2025/26
- Cable theft alone caused over 2,100 hours of delays and saw delay costs double to £6.8m in 2025/26
- New crackdown campaign sees rail industry and British Transport Police working closer together than ever in tackling trespass and railway crime
- New technology and better evidence gathering to bring more offenders to justice and reduce impact on passengers.
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“If I can do it, so can you” - Network Rail celebrates women in engineering for Ada Lovelace Day
- Today (13 October) marks Ada Lovelace Day, celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) fields.
- Two of Network Rail’s female engineers share their stories about how the railway helped them build successful careers.
Emergency closure of Brickfields level crossing after dangerous behaviour by young people captured on camera
Brickfields level crossing, near Upminster in the London Borough of Havering, has been temporarily closed following repeated incidents of dangerous misuse involving children and teenagers.
Rail industry crackdown as trespassing criminals in Sussex cause nearly 110,000 minutes of delays for passengers in a year
- In Sussex, the number of trespass incidents on the railway rose from 715 in 2021/22 to 951 in 2025/26 – an increase of over 200 in five years
- Trespass crime caused nearly five months of delays to passengers and cost the industry over £10 million in delay costs
- Across the national network cable theft alone caused over 2,100 hours of delays and saw delay costs double to £6.8m in 2025/26
- New crackdown campaign sees rail industry and British Transport Police work closer together to tackle trespass and railway crime
- New technology and better evidence gathering to bring more offenders to justice and reduce impact on passengers
Rail industry crackdown as trespassing criminals cause more than 1,500 hours of delays on South Eastern Railway network
- Trespass crime including vandalism, and obstruction caused over two months of delays to passengers and cost the South Eastern Railway over £5 million in delay costs
- New crackdown campaign sees rail industry and British Transport Police work closer together than ever in tackling trespass and railway crime
- New technology and better evidence gathering to bring more offenders to justice and reduce impact on passengers.
Staffordshire West Coast Main Line disruption due to overhead line fault
Rail passengers are being urged to check before they travel due to overhead line problems on the West Coast Main Line in Staffordshire.
Changes to train services as essential bridge replacement takes place in North Yorkshire
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is carrying out major improvement work over the next two weekends and a subsequent nine-day period to replace the life-expired railway bridge at Common Lane in Church Fenton.
Wales rail industry prepares for wetter and stormier autumn
Network Rail and Transport for Wales (TfW) join forces once again to protect rail infrastructure, with the Met Office forecasting an increased chance of wetter and windier than average conditions this autumn and winter.
Changes to journeys as Network Rail delivers East Coast Main Line improvements
Improvement work on the East Coast Main Line will mean changes to journeys on Sunday 18 October.