Some rail services will be restricted in West Yorkshire on the morning of Thursday (29 January) as the rail industry responds to forecasts of deep snow.

Thames Water faces a multi-million pound bill for a burst water main and several other leaks from other water pipes since Friday evening.

Major work to replace the railway bridge at Orphanage Road in Watford will start in February as essential improvements to provide a better, more reliable railway for passengers on the West Coast Main Line continues.

Water in a rail tunnel near Farringdon is causing delays of up to 45 minutes to this evening’s Thameslink service.

Network Rail is seeking to recruit 200 young people from across Britain for its award-winning apprenticeship scheme, as it continues the largest investment into the railway since Victorian times.

Five bridges over the railway between between Bolton and Chorley on the Manchester to Preston line are to be rebuilt as part of the electrification of the route.

Rochester’s new station is taking shape with new platforms, stairs and underpass in place on the town centre site.

Passengers are being advised to check before they travel on the West Coast main line in February as Network Rail continues its programme of investment and improvements.