As work continues to create the £20m Reston station, John Lamont, Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk visited site to see first-hand the progress that has been made.

Scotland’s Railway has launched a national competition for every school in the country – asking them to help dream up new ways of encouraging more people and businesses on to rail.

Specialist divers are pouring underwater concrete to protect two major railway viaducts carrying the West Coast main line in Carlisle.

Ward Thomas - the only British country artists to have a Number 1 album in the UK charts - are performing at King’s Cross this weekend.

Passengers passing through stations including London Bridge, Victoria and Waterloo are continuing to be welcomed back to the railway with spectacular music.

• New spacious station building opens following major redevelopment by Network Rail with more room for customers to enter and leave the station
• Three new lifts now provide step-free access to all four platforms
• Station facilities improved ready for increase in ridership as new housing being built locally
• Latest station to benefit from the Crossrail project in advance of the opening of the Elizabeth line in the first half of 2022.

As Network Rail continues with work to improve accessibility for passengers at Finsbury Park railway station, a section of Stroud Green Road will be closed this weekend to allow teams to prepare for a major stage of the upgrade.  

Thousands of excited revellers will pass through Reading station as early as this Thursday ahead of the three-day Reading festival music event which takes place from Friday 27 August – Sunday 29 August.