New track, sleepers and ballast has been installed at Billericay on the Southend Victoria branch line, which means fewer delays for key workers currently using the line and improved reliability in the long term ready for when passengers return.

Network Rail’s track maintenance teams in Peterborough are working hard to keep the railway running throughout the Coronavirus crisis, to allow vital freight and passenger services to continue.

Network Rail is inviting the public to send in digital versions of their home-made pictures of rainbows with a railway theme to be displayed at London Liverpool Street station and on screens at stations across Anglia.

Key workers, including NHS staff, can now get to work on a more reliable and resilient railway as work to renew track and points at Maryland has been completed. This means fewer delays and increased reliability on the busy Norwich to London line for years to come.

A Network Rail worker from South Yorkshire is one of thousands of railway staff helping to keep vital freight and passenger services moving during the Coronavirus crisis, meaning supermarket shelves stay stocked and those who cannot work from home are able to travel.

Network Rail have been training extra signallers with the help of a heritage centre as they aim to continue to move people who can’t work from home, like NHS staff, and vital freight throughout the coronavirus crisis.

An historic railway footbridge has been fully refurbished for passengers at New Mills Newtown station in the Derbyshire Peak District.

Network Rail has thanked passengers for their patience and for only making essential journeys after they completed essential maintenance upgrades across Wales and the west.