• Continued significant investment in five-year period from 2019 with record expenditure of up to £47bn
• Big increase (25%) in funding to reduce delays and improve infrastructure reliability
• Around 1,000 extra services per day by 2021
• The plan ushers in the railway’s digital age

• Ted Baker, Mac, Cath Kidston, Hamleys, Rituals, and The Body Shop all to open soon
• New retail offer forms part of £1billion redevelopment of the station
• London Bridge will have more retail units than any other Network Rail station

A special Valentine’s Day event will take place at Paddington station on Wednesday, 14 February to celebrate improvements to Brunel’s iconic station, as well as the £7.5bn route modernisation that will transform journeys across the West, and provide thousands more seats to and from London Paddington.

A notorious flooding hotspot at Oxenholme station has been removed, thanks to the Great North Rail Project.

Livingston South station will undergo a £3.5m transformation when the Edinburgh Waverley-Glasgow Central line closes for 10 days this Easter as part of a £160m project to electrify the route.

• Network Rail to trial drinking water facilities at London Charing Cross

Britain’s busiest footpath railway crossing, with more than 760 trains each day, has been closed and replaced by a footbridge.*

Train customers at Lime Street station will soon benefit from better toilet facilities thanks to a £100,000 Great North Rail Project upgrade.