Network Rail has today announced two new directors who will join its executive leadership team, filling roles made vacant by recent moves and secondments.

From Carlisle to Brighton, Network Rail’s £4bn, 10-year signalling plan will change the face of Britain’s railway, with modern equipment bringing greater reliability across the country through a mixture of traditional signalling and digital control.

Network Rail has today (Tuesday, 9 April) announced the appointment of three new non-executive directors to its Board.

Network Rail today announced the start of its five-year, £45.4bn* rail improvement plan aimed at delivering a simpler, better, greener railway that provides the best level of train performance possible and that’s more geared-up than ever before to cope with the extremes of climate change.

Over 95% of Britain’s 10,000 miles of railway will be open for business this Easter - with some exceptions - as Network Rail engineers gear up for a £90m programme of work over the long weekend aimed at improving the railway for passengers and freight businesses.

• Last April saw a 25% increase in recorded trespass on the railway network and a huge 40% increase in incidents involving children¹
• Jump in numbers coincides with the school Easter holiday break and clocks going forward for British Summer Time
• Plea to the public to be BST this BST - Be Safe around the Tracks this British Summer Time

Control Period 6, or CP6, is the rail infrastructure manager’s sixth, five-year funding period, which started on 1 April 2019 and will finish on 31 March 2024. During this time, Network Rail has successfully delivered major rail upgrades across Great Britain to improve the railway for its passengers and freight users, while navigating unprecedented change inside and outside the railway. 

Network Rail joined forces with stakeholders, train operators and members of the community today to officially open the new footbridge with lifts at Dawlish station.