On Thursday 11th June the newly constructed £10 million Tennison Road Bridge in South Norwood, Croydon will open to the public.

Residents of Corsham are a step closer to the benefits that electrification will bring after the bridge over the railway line between The Cleeve and Pound Mead reopened to the public today, Monday 8 June, on schedule.

Doddle, the purple network of parcel stores, has opened its 35^th store in the space of 35 weeks.  The new store is located on Platform 12 at Network Rai’s London Paddington station, one of Britain’s busiest with 17.4 million visitors annually[1].

Doddle, a joint venture between entrepreneur Lloyd Dorfman and Network Rail, was launched in 2014 and has rapidly grown its network of parcel stores in the UK.  It’s the only service of its kind to accept delivery of shoppers’ online purchases from any retailer or carrier. 

RMT members are to be balloted next week on Network Rail’s latest pay offer. Following a meeting today (Friday, 5 June), the RMT’s General Grades Committee said they had decided to refer it to a referendum ballot and will be recommending that members accept the revised offer.

Thameslink rail passengers, in particular those connecting with Luton Airport or Eurostar, should allow up to 75 minutes longer to travel during a weekend of Network Rail engineering work to improve services.

Coaches will replace East Midlands Trains (EMT) services between Luton and London St Pancras International on 20 and 21 June during a weekend of Network Rail engineering work to improve services.

Some Kettering services will also be subject to alteration and cancellation.

Broughton Road bridge in Salford is to reopen to traffic one month early after being rebuilt by Network Rail as part of a £1bn investment to improve the railway in the north of England.

Network Rail’s retail sales have increased for the 12^th successive quarter, helping the rail infrastructure owner and operator achieve average growth for the 2014/15 financial year, ten times higher than the high street as measured by the British Retail Consortium (BRC).