Network Rail engineers will be delivering over £12m of improvement projects on key lines on Scotland’s railway during May.

With under a week to go before major work starts to upgrade Farnworth Tunnel, passengers are being urged to check their travel options and plan their journeys.

Wapley footbridge in South Gloucestershire reopened to the public today, Tuesday 28 April, after work to prepare it for the electrification of the railway was completed. This stunning time-lapse photography shows the scale of the project and level of work involved.

In a significant step towards the vision of ‘One Industry One Card’, Network Rail and Transport for London (TfL) have signed an agreement to extend the use of Sentinel to London Underground and its supply chain. Sentinel cards began to replace the TfL LU LUCAS smartcard on 1 April 2015, although existing LU LUCAS cards will remain valid for access to TfL infrastructure until they expire.

Passengers are being advised to check before they travel over the May Day bank holiday as Network Rail carries out upgrades to improve the performance and safety of the railway in parts of Yorkshire.

Passengers are being advised to check before they travel this bank holiday as further investment in the railway means some services and routes will be affected.

Passengers planning to travel to central London during the first May Bank Holiday from some parts of Kent and South East London are being encouraged to check before they travel as Network Rail continues its improvement work across the region.

Hundreds of thousands of passengers and freight users will experience long term benefits from almost £50m of investment in improving Britain’s rail network over the May Day bank holiday weekend. Over 95% of the network will be unaffected by this work programme.