Network Rail’s orange army will be carrying out work this summer to greatly improve reliability for passengers by tackling the almost yearly problem of flooding on the railway line that runs through Hinksey near Oxford.

• Viaduct severely damaged by Storm Frank on New Year’s Eve.
• Structure now stabilised, but further damage delays opening until the first week of March.
• Rail companies working together to keep people and goods moving.

Network Rail will be demolishing the second half of a railway bridge which forms part of Walsall High Street this weekend in one of the most complex moments of the Walsall to Rugeley electrification project which forms a vital part of the national Railway Upgrade Plan to bring passengers a better, more efficient railway.

Passengers using Abbey Wood station are being advised to check before travelling at weekends throughout 2016 as Network Rail continues its work to build a new station and new tracks for Crossrail. As a result of the work, the station will be closed for a number of weekends this year.

• Newly released aerial photos reveal scale of the problem
• Team is working with Historic England to protect Roman remains in fields above the railway

Passengers travelling on the Great Western Main Line over the weekend of 23-24 January are being advised to check before they travel as Network Rail carries out the penultimate stage of a major signalling upgrade at Swindon as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan.

With temperatures dropping across Britain and snow on the ground in many places this morning, Network Rail’s orange army are working round the clock to keep tracks clear of sleet, snow and ice so passengers aren’t affected by unnecessary delays.

As temperature are expected to reach -8 degrees Celsius in parts of Cumbria and Lancashire this weekend Network Rail’s orange army is read to deal with frozen points and other weather-related issues across the area.