TRU has announced plans to rebuild Station Road railway bridge in Cross Gates between March and November this year as part of its programme of improvements to deliver more frequent, faster, greener trains on a more reliable railway.

Network Rail have now opened tenders for a £100m programme partner to support the delivery of the Transpennine Route Upgrade – a multi-billion-pound railway electrification programme that will transform journeys across the Pennines, better connecting towns and cities like Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.  

Network Rail engineers are about to begin a £2.9m project to renew both platforms at Hillington West on the busy Glasgow – Paisley railway line. 

From Monday 10 March to Sunday 16 March, train services will change on the Heart of Wessex Line with no trains running between Yeovil Pen Mill and Castle Cary for a week, while Network Rail complete vital improvements to the railway in the Yeovil area.

As TRU celebrates National Apprenticeship Week, the halfway mark has already been surpassed in its aim to take on 590 apprentices across the entire duration of the programme. 

As part of plans to mark 200 years of the modern railway in 2025, called Railway 200, Britain’s railway joins hands with India’s biggest film production company, Yash Raj Films, for a unique UK-India cultural celebration to highlight the unifying power of love.

Goole station visitors are reminded that Network Rail’s subway pump replacement project will get under way next week.

The railway in Kent, East Sussex and South East London has kicked off a year of celebration marking the 200^th anniversary of the railway with an event at Deptford – the oldest railway station in London.