Passengers planning to travel between Birmingham New Street, Wolverhampton, Stafford and Telford over the bank holiday weekend are being urged to check before they travel as upgrade work on the rail network will mean changes to train services.

A nine-day part-closure of London Bridge railway station begins this Saturday, with no First Capital Connect or Southern trains calling at the station until Monday, 1 September.

Significant changes to rail services from Redhill start this Saturday and last for nine days, as work to rebuild London Bridge station continues.

Visitors to London Paddington station can listen to the statues of The Unknown Soldier and Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the first time.

The West Coast main line reopened on time today (18 August) after Network Rail successfully completed the second successive weekend of upgrade work at Watford.

Work to rebuild the bridge over the railway on Rochdale Road in Manchester will increase this week as part of Network Rail’s £1bn+ investment in the north west.

The bridge over the railway at Stratton Green on Swindon Road is to be reconstructed as part of Network Rail’s Great Western Electrification Programme.

Rail passengers are reminded of a fortnight of changes to train travel on the line between Doncaster and Gainsborough as the next stage of improvement work to the Great Northern Great Eastern (GNGE) line start this Saturday (16 August).