Works to install a new multimillion-pound canal barrier at Forge Island are now underway as part of a key milestone in the Forge Island flood defence and enabling scheme.

• First month ticket sales “above expectations”
• Affordable new service helps customers choose rail over air
• Leisure travellers rush to buy tickets as the nation gets moving again

Passengers travelling between Rochdale and Hebden Bridge are being reminded about changes to journeys during essential upgrade work inside one of the world’s oldest railway tunnels.

Work is now underway to create the new Inverness Airport station with the start of construction of the platforms at Dalcross.

Passengers at Birmingham New Street station can now get free and unlimited WiFi that is fast enough to support video calls and streaming.  

Two baby swans have been rescued by track workers after losing their mother and wandering on to the railway.

Network Rail is inviting the public to comment on proposals and options for the next part of the wider public consultation to increase rail capacity through Ely.

Passengers can pose for selfies beside a huge map of the West Coast main line for a chance to win rail tickets to key destinations from London Euston station.