A Grade II listed signal box in Cheshire has been refurbished to improve future rail journeys for passengers and freight.

Network Rail has donated a kilometre of track and sleepers, plus five sets of points and four stop blocks to Devon-based Plym Valley Railway, supporting the volunteer-led local attraction and enabling the preservation of this heritage railway line.

Glasgow’s Argyle line will close for eight weeks from mid-March while Network Rail delivers a £32m programme of work to improve reliability for passengers.

Engineers are protecting the railway from very wet weather over the next four Sundays between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury.

Scotland’s Railway was triumphant at last night’s (23 February) Rail Business Awards 2022, scooping the Station Excellence Award in recognition of the £120m redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street station.

Passengers along the Ebbw Vale line will benefit from more rail services in the future as Network Rail starts work to transform the line between Newport and Ebbw Vale.

Urgent repairs to a Victorian railway viaduct over the River Tame in Greater Manchester have restarted after three major storms forced Network Rail engineers to down tools.

A sawmill in Abergavenny in Wales has received its first load of rail-transported timber since 2004, thanks to a partnership between Network Rail and freight operator Colas Rail.