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Network Rail is continuing with major improvement work around Manchester over Christmas, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade.

Network Rail is delighted to be recognised for the £250,000 restoration of one Britain’s most famous signal boxes

Network Rail’s leaders have pledged to increase the number of disabled people they employ after figures showed that less than 3% of their 44,000-strong workforce has declared a disability or long-term health condition.

The return of the Christmas markets has seen daily passenger numbers at Manchester Piccadilly station return to levels not seen since before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A bigger, more spacious entrance and concourse with a brand-new waiting room, café and ticket office are just some of the benefits passengers will enjoy as part of a £5.2m upgrade to Maidstone East station.

Birmingham New Street station’s highly successful Christmas Eve meal for the city’s homeless is returning once again as a take-out service.

• Engineers will remodel the track layout between platforms 4 and 6 over Christmas as part of a project to boost reliability and reduce the impact of future unplanned disruption
• Major work will take place on Christmas Day and Boxing Day when there are no timetabled train services
• Changes to services from Monday 27 December to Monday 3 January 2022
• Very limited services to or from Leeds station on Sunday 2 January – passengers urged to check before travelling

Network Rail and British Transport Police (BTP) issue stark warning after numerous incidents of trespass on the railway near Lelant railway station, Cornwall.