Passengers making essential journeys at Manchester Piccadilly station will be able to keep a safe distance from each other during the coronavirus crisis, thanks to new measures in place this week.

Railway staff on nationally critical routes, including the West Coast and Chiltern main lines, are keeping vital supplies and key workers moving during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Network Rail is appealing for former professional signallers in Essex to help keep the railway running during the coronavirus crisis.

Network Rail is appealing for former professional signallers in Cambridgeshire to help keep the railway running during the coronavirus crisis.

Network Rail is appealing for former professional signallers in Norfolk and Suffolk to help keep the railway running during the coronavirus crisis.

Key workers, including NHS staff, can now get to work on a more reliable and resilient railway after Network Rail completed nine upgrades between Taunton and Castle Cary in Somerset.

The railway between East Grinstead and Lingfield reopened to passenger trains this morning after nearly two months without services.

NHS and care workers using Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Street stations can park for free during the coronavirus crisis.