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• 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  

• 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.

Rail passengers are being urged to check before they travel due to overhead line problems on the West Coast Main Line in Staffordshire.

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.

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.

Improvement work on the East Coast Main Line will mean changes to journeys on Sunday 18 October.

Rail passengers are being urged to check before they travel after overhead lines which power trains were damaged in Stockport overnight.

Network Rail is investing £200,000 to renew key equipment at Goole Swing Bridge and keep trains running safely and reliably over the River Ouse.