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UPDATE: Rail services to resume as normal on Thursday after Didcot gas leak repaired: Engineers on track with GWR train passing by cropped

UPDATE: Rail services to resume as normal on Thursday after Didcot gas leak repaired

Wednesday 23 Sep 2026

Rail services will operate again between Reading and Swindon on Thursday 24 September as engineers from gas distribution company SGN have successfully repaired a gas leak near railway land in the Didcot area.

UPDATE: Network Rail statement on train disruption owing to gas leak in Didcot: Engineers on track with GWR train passing by cropped

UPDATE: Network Rail statement on train disruption owing to gas leak in Didcot

Wednesday 23 Sep 2026

We're sorry for the continued disruption to journeys caused by the gas leak near the railway in Didcot, and we understand how frustrating this ongoing uncertainty is for passengers trying to plan ahead.

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New Balgray Station set to welcome first passengers this weekend: Balgray Station 5

New Balgray Station set to welcome first passengers this weekend

Thursday 24 Sep 2026

People in Barrhead will be able to travel by train from the new £18.3m Balgray station for the first time this weekend when it officially opens on Sunday 27 September.

£1.4m investment to deliver smoother and more reliable journeys in Lincolnshire: Swineshead LC-2

£1.4m investment to deliver smoother and more reliable journeys in Lincolnshire

Thursday 24 Sep 2026

A project to renew more than 730 metres of track will mean buses replace trains between Sleaford and Boston on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 October.

UPDATE: Rail services to resume as normal on Thursday after Didcot gas leak repaired: Engineers on track with GWR train passing by cropped

UPDATE: Rail services to resume as normal on Thursday after Didcot gas leak repaired

Wednesday 23 Sep 2026

Rail services will operate again between Reading and Swindon on Thursday 24 September as engineers from gas distribution company SGN have successfully repaired a gas leak near railway land in the Didcot area.

UPDATE: Network Rail statement on train disruption owing to gas leak in Didcot: Engineers on track with GWR train passing by cropped

UPDATE: Network Rail statement on train disruption owing to gas leak in Didcot

Wednesday 23 Sep 2026

We're sorry for the continued disruption to journeys caused by the gas leak near the railway in Didcot, and we understand how frustrating this ongoing uncertainty is for passengers trying to plan ahead.

Schools lined up to take lessons in unique signal box classroom: Amelia Routledge, IMDM for Lancs and Cumbria, opening Hest Bank signal box as education centre

Schools lined up to take lessons in unique signal box classroom

Wednesday 23 Sep 2026

Schools across Lancashire are being invited to hold lessons in Britain’s quirkiest new classroom – a former railway signal box on the West Coast Main Line.

DO NOT TRAVEL: Passengers urged not to travel between Reading and Swindon tomorrow as gas leak causes major disruption: Engineers on track with GWR train passing by cropped

DO NOT TRAVEL: Passengers urged not to travel between Reading and Swindon tomorrow as gas leak causes major disruption

Wednesday 23 Sep 2026

Passengers are being urged not to travel between Reading and Swindon on Wednesday 23 September as a gas leak close to railway land in the Didcot area is expected to cause severe disruption throughout the day.

Major railway upgrade means no trains to or from Birmingham New Street this Christmas: 82200 NR BNS CLOSURE CBYT Myconnect 1600x900

Major railway upgrade means no trains to or from Birmingham New Street this Christmas

Tuesday 22 Sep 2026

Passengers are being warned of major Christmas engineering work at Birmingham New Street which will mean no train services to or from the station from 24 to 28 December.

Footage released after emergency footbridge removal over the West Coast Main Line: Oxhey Grange footbridge removal

Footage released after emergency footbridge removal over the West Coast Main Line

Monday 21 Sep 2026

Passengers thanked after Network Rail successfully completes the emergency removal of Oxhey Grange footbridge near Watford, reopening the West Coast Main Line earlier than planned on Sunday afternoon.