Network Rail has taken just four weeks to transform an old depot in Newport, south Wales, into a state-of-the-art training centre to ensure it has enough skilled railway signallers across Wales and the west throughout the coronavirus crisis.

Network Rail has taken just four weeks to transform an old depot in Newport, south Wales, into a state-of-the-art training centre to ensure it has enough skilled railway signallers across Wales and the west throughout the coronavirus crisis.

• 10 days of major engineering work over the Easter holidays completed on time
• Millions of passengers will benefit from a more reliable railway
• Brand new track and upgraded signalling equipment installed at Guildford station
• Speed restriction removed from St. Catherine’s Tunnel, scene of two landslips in 2019

• Link to Drax Power Station kept open with 24-hour-a-day monitoring after huge flood damage
• Divers, drones and helicopters deployed to monitor the route since February
• Over 90 trains per week still able to use route whilst repairs carried out

Every day during the coronavirus crisis, more than 14,000 tonnes of products - including food and medicine - are being moved across Scotland’s rail network.

Network Rail has installed a new overhead wiring system on the Southend Victoria branch line in a £46m upgrade to improve reliability for key workers currently using the line and in the long term when passengers return to work.

Birmingham New Street, Liverpool Lime Street, and Euston stations have all turned blue to show their support for the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Network Rail today warned lorry drivers to always know the height of their vehicles after a skip lorry seriously damaged a railway bridge on a key freight route in Warwickshire.