• Re-shaped alliance to prioritise areas that deliver most for passengers
• Focus continues on joint delivery of major capacity enhancement plans

Demolition has begun at the site of one of the £6.5bn Thameslink Programme’s most crucial improvements.

Commenting on the publication of the Office of Rail and Road’s latest monitor of Network Rail’s performance, a Network Rail spokesman said: “Network Rail has recognised the scale of the challenge and has been openly reporting performance data regularly.

A new rail link and brand new station providing better services for passengers in Ebbw Vale was officially opened by The First Minister of Wales on Thursday.

A record £3.4bn was invested in expanding and growing Britain’s rail network over the last 12 months, Network Rail revealed today in its full-year results for the 2014/15 financial year.

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.