Track renewals are planned from early 2022 to reduce delays and improve reliability of rail services for passengers travelling between London and Cambridge, Stansted and Kings Lynn.

Passengers are being advised about work next year to replace the lift giving access to platforms 13 and 14 at Manchester Piccadilly station.

Network Rail teams in York are giving up their Christmases to carry out essential work to upgrade the track north of York to make sure train services can continue running reliably for years to come.

A £1.4m project to strengthen and re-paint a railway bridge in Paisley will begin next month.

Work is now complete to protect railway journeys on the West Coast main line after moving land was secured between Milton Keynes and Birmingham.

Specially protected great crested newts have been rescued by railway workers during maintenance work in Worcestershire.

Network Rail Scotland has put hedgehog-friendly solutions in place at Lanark station to allow the little creatures to move freely in and around railway property.

Storm Barra is forecast to bring snow and winds of up to 70mph to parts of the country from late tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday 7 December) and will affect some services in the south west and north east of Scotland.