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Vital track and signalling upgrades are planned at weekends throughout August and September to improve reliability and drive down delays.

Brighton Main Line passengers can look forward to more reliable journeys after Network Rail invested £11m to carry out critical repairs to earthworks at Haywards Heath and Balcombe this month.

Commenting on the RMT's announcement of further national strike action on 27 July, Andrew Haines, Network Rail chief executive, said:

Network Rail engineers will be working hard this summer on an essential project to bring more reliable journeys to South Western Railway customers travelling from stations between Hounslow and Barnes via Brentford.

Plans to improve St Albans City station are getting back on track this summer, as Network Rail resumes work on the £6.8m revamp.

For over 30 years railway people calling control in Blackfriars would hear “Kent Control Stephen Eaves speaking” on the other end of the phone, and know they were in safe hands. 

A new Yonder poll of over 2,000 UK adults looking at opinions on the recent rail strikes, pay and modernisation of the railway show huge support for reforms in the rail industry, and a massive vote of dissatisfaction with the RMT’s approach to negotiations.

• Independent study finds rail industry lags behind other comparative industries
• Findings support need for Network Rail maintenance reforms
• Unblocking use of technology, adopting more flexible rostering and creating multifunctional teams are key to boosting productivity, which can unlock savings to fund a better pay deal and resolve current RMT dispute