Plans for a new £26m railway station in Rochester have been revealed.

Network Rail is proposing to build the new station as part of its commitment to increase capacity on the railway and deliver better facilities for passengers in Medway and Kent.

Punctuality on the railways reached 91.4% during Period 13, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail.

The complex job of stabilising the spoil heap at Hatfield colliery which slipped and caused extensive damage to the railway continues. However it is now anticipated this may take until the end of the summer to complete.

Work on a £48m project to replace the Loughor Viaduct near Swansea and redouble a 5.25-mile stretch of railway through Gowerton is close to completion.

Network Rail has invested more than £3.75m on improving the Tarka Line in North Devon during the past financial year, the company disclosed today.

Ardent railway enthusiast Archie Swell will be bursting with pride today (1.30pm, Thursday, 4 April).

The Rail Delivery Group is inviting applications for Associate Membership of the Group.

Passengers at Reading now have a bigger, better station after Network Rail successfully completed the first part of an 11-day programme of upgrades over the Easter weekend.