Network Rail’s aim to improve safety at Ufton Nervet level crossing reached a major milestone last night after West Berkshire Council’s planning committee granted permission for the company to replace the crossing with a bridge.

Passengers will soon benefit from step-free access throughout Leyland station thanks to a £4.5m investment by the government’s Access for All (AfA) scheme.

The rail line between Kilmarnock and Dumfries is expected to remain closed until Monday, August 17, while engineers work to remove 18 derailed freight wagons and a locomotive from a site near Cumnock in Ayrshire.

Network Rail’s ‘orange army’ has entered a critical stage of its work to prepare Bath’s railway line for electrification, with work commencing to lower the tracks through Dundas Aqueduct, Bathampton Junction and Sydney Gardens.

The UK is now home to the first, brand-new Siemens-built Class 700 Desiro City train, which is set to transform passenger experience on the Thameslink rail routes when it rolls into action next year.

Images showing what Paddington station will look like following its revamp have been released by Network Rail today, as the company begins its work to significantly improve the station’s facilities and provide passengers with a better travelling experience.

Network Rail has today announced the appointment of Rob Brighouse as a non-executive director.

Mr Brighouse has 40 years’ experience in the rail industry and is currently managing director of Chiltern Railways, which runs passenger services between London and the West Midlands and is one of Britain’s best performing operators in terms of punctuality and passenger satisfaction.

On the evening of Sunday 26 July we received a report that the first carriage of the 2010 Charing Cross to Ramsgate train had become derailed after hitting cattle in the Godmersham area, between Wye and Chilham.