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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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New details announced for multi-million-pound investment to boost reliability of North Wales Coast railway
This once-in-a-generation programme will deliver years’ worth of improvements during a four-week railway closure in January 2027.
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.
Footage released from £1.1m tunnel track upgrade near Buxton
Videos have been released of a major project in Derbyshire to upgrade lines inside a 400-metre-long Victorian railway tunnel.
Transpennine Route Upgrade Community Fund now open for applications
Communities across the North are being encouraged to apply for a share of £270,000 as the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) opens applications for the third year of its Community Fund.
Sheffield bridge replacement will affect a weekend of passenger services
Passenger services will be affected when the reconstruction of a bridge deck takes place in Sheffield.
Green light for lifts and new footbridge at Wellington station
Plans to make Wellington station step-free have been approved, with work to install two lifts and a new footbridge set to begin later this year.
Two weekends of major East Coast Main Line improvements in North Yorkshire
A major programme of railway improvements on the East Coast Main Line will mean changes to some passenger journeys over two weekends.
40,000 students reached in rail safety campaign ahead of Fife electrification
A Network Rail safety campaign is helping keep young people safe around the railway, reaching around 40,000 students across 66 schools on the Haymarket to Dalmeny route.