Passengers will start to see a benefit from the investment being made to introduce eight-car services on the Fen line between Cambridge and King’s Lynn.  

Network Rail has reopened the lines at Rotherham Central station this afternoon (Monday, 17 February) following severe flooding to the railway.

Following good progress by engineers over the weekend, despite Storm Dennis, services on the Gospel Oak to Barking line are expected to resume on Wednesday 19 February.

Passengers in Cumbria are being advised to plan their journeys during Barrow-in-Furness station’s major subway upgrade later this month.

Network Rail has today (Monday, 17 February) opened a new, longer platform at Market Harborough station, which will allow longer trains with more seats to call there.

Over 130 years of signalling history came to an end today on the Wherry lines with the reopening of the Norwich to Yarmouth line following completion of work to introduce a new computerised signalling system, improving reliability of train services. A section of the East Suffolk line from Beccles to Lowestoft also reopened today. 

• Flooding at Sway means no services between Bournemouth and Brockenhurst, plus severe disruption on the rest of the line
• Network Rail and South Western Railway (SWR) are advising passengers not to travel between Bournemouth and Brockenhurst unless absolutely necessary
• Bus replacement services, with a limited capacity, will call at stations between Bournemouth and Brockenhurst
• An hourly shuttle service will call at all stations from Weymouth to Bournemouth
• Passengers should check the South Western Railway website before travelling

Network Rail and Northern are urging passengers to check before travelling as severe flooding means that all lines to and from Rotherham Central station are blocked and will remain so throughout Monday, 17 February.