Trains are now running again between Kew Bridge and Barnes following the completion of essential strengthening work on Barnes Bridge.

Customers will be able to use the new lifts and footbridge opened in 2024 for step-free access around the station. 

A new and improved walkway has opened at Botley Road in Oxford this morning (Sunday 31^st August) as Network Rail hits another key milestone in the revised plan to reopen the road by the end of August next year.

The 200th anniversary of the modern railway has been celebrated with a commemorative poem from Poet Laureate Simon Armitage CBE.  

Titled ‘The Longest Train In The World’, the poem is published today (29 August) as part of Railway 200, a national celebration of the past, present and future of the railway, exploring how this British invention has shaped our lives and livelihoods.  

Rail’s bicentenary is inspired by the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway on 27 September 1825, a journey that changed the world forever.  

Hamilton West station is set to fully reopen this weekend following a £2.1m project to completely rebuild platform 2. 

Network Rail Wales and Borders will be undertaking essential engineering works across key sections of the railway between Hereford, Newport, and Shrewsbury from Saturday 6 September to Monday 8 September, and again the following weekend (13 and 14 September).

A level crossing near the Metrocentre in Gateshead has been closed for safety reasons after concerns about people putting themselves at risk.

Thousands of tonnes of stone has been used to secure moving land beside the Sheffield to Manchester line to secure future journeys for passengers and freight.