Network Rail’s ‘orange army’ will be starting work this weekend to prepare the railway line through Bath for the arrival of electrification and a new fleet of longer, faster, quieter and greener electric trains.

Over the next 18 months Network Rail will be making significant changes to Paddington station to provide passengers with new and improved facilities and ultimately a better travelling experience.

Three newborn osprey chicks have been busy feathering their nest following a fifth successful year of hatchings for a conservation project in mid Wales.

Overgrown trees, bushes and litter on a patch of land near Kettering railway station have been cleared as part of a project to improve community safety in the area.

Over 400 members of the public braved the heavy rain on Sunday to take part in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk across the iconic Royal Albert Bridge in celebration of its refurbishment by Network Rail.

Buying a coffee in Britain’s biggest and busiest railway stations just got greener thanks to a new recycling project which is turning coffee waste into fuel and helping cut the cost of running the railway.

Work has started on a £5million project to link two quarries near Horton in Ribblesdale with the Settle to Carlisle railway line, a move which will help remove up to 16,000 lorry journeys from the local road network.

A safety conscious pupil from Leeds who wrote a manifesto to keep people out of danger on railway platforms has seen his hard work rewarded with a mosaic at his local station.