An important section of railway line which keeps people and goods moving by separating passenger and freight trains in Cheshire is being upgraded.

A project to ‘listen’ to rail lines and spot problems before they delay passengers is one of the initiatives coming out of Network Rail £245m investment in research and development (R&D) during Control Period 6 (2019-2024).

Passengers travelling between London Euston, the Midlands and North West have helped save more than half a million plastic water bottles* over the last year by using free station water fountains.

Passengers at Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley have helped save almost 100,000 plastic bottles by using the stations’ refill points.

Rail passengers across South London, Surrey and Sussex are benefitting from better journey information following a £10m investment by Network Rail, in partnership with train operators, Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express.

Network Rail has completed the refurbishment of Caerleon Road railway bridge in Newport as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan.

In just over a month’s time a major junction on the West Coast main line will close for 16 days for vital engineering work in Warrington, train passengers were warned today.

Passengers at Britain’s biggest and busiest stations have helped save the equivalent of one million plastic bottles* by embracing the ‘refill revolution’.