Passengers travelling between Newport and Bristol and between Newport and Gloucester are advised to check before travelling this Christmas and New Year, as Network Rail engineers work around the clock to modernise the South Wales Main Line.

In a bid to see new ideas, greater efficiencies and more investment in the railway, Network Rail is partnering with Innovate UK, the government’s innovation agency that helps grow the UK economy by supporting businesses to develop and realise the potential of new ideas from the UK’s world-class research base. The news comes as the railway infrastructure company says it is transforming, and increasingly opening up to new ideas that bring value for money and innovation.

The overhead power lines on the railway between Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley are now live as work continues to introduce electric trains on the route.

Network Rail South East marked the 100^th anniversary of the end of the First World War with a series of remembrance events at stations as respects were paid to the railway workers and all those who served, sacrificed and changed our world.

From a coat donation drop-off point, special station announcements and a photography exhibition, Network Rail will be supporting efforts to help tackle homelessness across Greater Manchester this week.

Passengers are now benefitting from free drinking water facilities at Britain’s busiest railway station, London Waterloo, installed by Network Rail.

Birmingham’s famous Frankfurt Christmas market opens this week and with record numbers expected to travel in and out of the city by train, passengers are being urged to plan their journeys.

Network Rail is inviting residents to an information event on Thursday 22 November to find out more about on-going work to build a new footbridge over the railway at Brayford Wharf in Lincoln.