Network Rail has announced when the next stage of public consultation on proposals to upgrade the railway between Huddersfield and Westtown (Dewsbury) will take place.

The station toilets at Glasgow Central will be closed this week while refurbishment works are carried out.

• thinned-out timetable in operation between Watford Junction and Euston
• services as far afield as Blackpool, Manchester and Birmingham affected
• first of two nights of repairs to South Kenton overhead wire damage begins at 9pm tonight
• rail industry advice to passengers is “check before you travel"

Passengers wanting to travel to or from London Euston are urged to complete journeys early this evening (Sunday 8 March).

• Passengers flock to station retailers in the last three months of 2019
• Network Rail reports 4.48% total sales growth at Britain’s biggest and busiest stations, continuing to buck a negative high street trend
• Food and drink categories led the charge with passengers’ appetites for places to meet, eat, shop and travel continuing to grow

• Network Rail and Southeastern launch landmark day for women in UK rail
• All female train crew and signallers team up in commuter first
• Network Rail to increase female workforce by 50% by 2024
• Southeastern reveals one in five staff are women following pledge to increase diversity
• Watch the film of the landmark event here https://youtu.be/H1RsBBT9bq8

For the next two weekends, 7 and 8 March and 14 and 15 March, buses will replace trains along the Greenwich line between Deptford/Blackheath and Plumstead stations, as Network Rail works to lay nearly a kilometre of new track, sleepers and ballast on the line.

• The line between Fareham and Eastleigh will close for improvement works between May 23 and 29
• Engineers will install almost a mile of new track between Fareham and Botley
• Passengers will benefit from a more reliable railway and better performing train journeys
• Bus replacement services and train service diversions will keep passengers moving