Rail passengers are being asked to plan ahead and check before they travel this festive period as Network Rail completes its annual planned railway upgrades.

Passengers and staff at one of Scotland’s busiest train stations are being asked to support a supermarket voucher appeal this December, in aid of vulnerable families.

Network Rail and South Western Railway (SWR) are urging passengers who are planning to travel on the line between Woking and Basingstoke to only travel if absolutely necessary following a landslip which needs urgent repairs.

Earlier this month the new Dawlish sea wall faced its toughest test yet as devastating wind and waves whipped the south west, withstanding both and winning two engineering awards just days later.

Network Rail is working to reopen a level crossing in Lincolnshire on Monday morning after damage caused by a road traffic collision had forced it to temporarily close to motorists.

A long-running £5.6m project to to replace an important bridge over the railway on St Margaret’s Street in Bradford-on-Avon is into its final stages and the road will reopen on Monday 18 December. 

Network Rail has been educating school children in Leicestershire about railway safety and have highlighted its importance through a poster competition.