Network Rail is reminding passengers to check before they travel this May Day weekend as it continues to deliver its £40bn Railway Upgrade Plan.

With over 96% of the railway network unaffected by Network Rail planned improvement work, this coming bank holiday will be one of the least disruptive bank holidays for railway travel for many years.

Network Rail has completed work to protect the railway on the Cumbrian Coast line at Parton with the installation of a 15,000 tonne ‘rock armour’ sea defence.

Train passengers heading through the Stafford area are being reminded to check before they travel over the May bank holiday weekends.

Hundreds of thousands of passengers and businesses are set to benefit from Network Rail’s multi-million pound improvements to the rail network in the south west and Thames Valley this May.

A collapsed water tunnel near Howden which has led to the closure of the A614 will be fully rebuilt in around five weeks.

Network Rail is reminding passengers to check before they travel as the railway line between Farnham and Alton is likely to remain closed until 9 May following a landslip at Wrecclesham.

Network Rail’s orange army will soon be starting the next phase of work to prepare the Great Western Main Line between South Marston and Royal Wootton Bassett for a new fleet of electric trains.