On 27th September 2023, Network Rail and Freightliner hosted industry leaders to celebrate the official opening of its second Operational Training Academy, located in Doncaster Frenchgate Centre. The Operational Training Academy will prepare Freightliner’s freight train drivers for the introduction of in-cab digital signalling on the East Coast Main Line - South.

Quicker journeys through station as Network Rail’s £30m congestion scheme set to complete by March 2024.

Network Rail is holding a public engagement event on Wednesday 11 October to highlight proposals for Hairmyres and East Kilbride stations.

Network Rail is advising passengers to check before they travel as major engineering work will impact on services between Bedford and London St Pancras over the next two weekends.

Network Rail is reminding passengers that buses will replace trains on the Ebbw Vale line on Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October as work on the £70m upgrade enters its final stage.  

The two year countdown is on to mark the bicentenary of the birth of the modern railway with celebrations throughout 2025.

Network Rail has completed its £1m project to upgrade ageing track near Dalmuir station.

No train services are expected to run to or from Ayr station over the next few days as engineers work to assess when the station can re-open, following a major fire at the neighbouring hotel last night.