With just four weeks to go until Christmas, passengers are being reminded this week that major improvements being carried out on part of London Bridge station will affect journeys over the festive period.

With just four weeks to go until Christmas, passengers are being reminded this week that major upgrade work to the Brighton Main Line will disrupt journeys over the festive period.

Rail passengers travelling between Crewe and Shrewsbury can look forward to more reliable rail services as Network Rail invests £25m to modernise signalling as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan.

With Manchester’s famous Christmas market underway and the number of visitors to the city set to increase over the festive season, Network Rail is urging passengers to plan their journeys and allow more time to catch their trains at Manchester’s stations.

With Birmingham’s famous Christmas market underway and the number of visitors to the city set to increase over the festive season, passengers are being urged by Network Rail to plan their journeys and allow more time to catch their trains at Birmingham New Street station.

Sir Peter Hendy today published his review into Network Rail’s five-year funding programme to 2019. Sir Peter has concluded that the majority of the programme can go ahead as planned with extra investment generated primarily from the sale of non-core railway assets. 

The future of commuting made its first outing on Thameslink Programme tracks last night (Tuesday, 24 November).

Network Rail is to spend £14.7m replacing the roof of Carlisle station and rebuilding all eight platforms.