Network Rail will be extending the platforms at St James Park and Lympstone Commando as well as improving track between Exeter and Exmouth over half term week 25 – 30 October

An exhibition has opened for passengers at London Euston explaining the fight of a pioneer for race equality who overturned a racist recruitment policy at the station in the 1960s.

The latest stage in extensive recovery and reinstatement works has begun following the Stonehaven derailment on August 12.

• Customer facing staff working in the UK experience over 400 abuse incidents every day and rising [i]
• 43% of shop workers say they have been threatened with physical violence. 1 in 5 mention the use of a knife [ii]
• 70% of front line rail staff have experienced workplace violence in the last 12 months [iii]

Network Rail and Transport for Wales are using creative new technology and innovation to help keep rail services running this autumn.

A programme of vital upgrades is planned in the run-up to Christmas to make rail services between Norwich and London more reliable.

Kintore re-joined Scotland’s Railway after an absence of 56 years this morning (Thursday, October 15) with the opening of the town’s new station.

Almost 1,500 lifts and 300 escalators across some 500 stations around the country will soon be directly ‘live’ reporting their working condition. Passengers will be able to see which lifts and escalators are working, helping them plan their journeys through stations with real-time knowledge of the access available.