• Birmingham New Street station retail sales up 11.2% between July and September 2017
• Largest increase outside of London stations driven by growth in Birmingham’s food and homeware offer
• Network Rail celebrates five and a half years (22 quarters) of consecutive retail sales growth delivering £197m in total sales for the quarter

• London Bridge, Paddington and Cannon Street record strongest growth in retail sales between July-September 2017
• Network Rail celebrates five and a half years (22 quarters) of consecutive retail sales growth for station retailers
• Strong correlation between station investment and retail sales growth

Shoppers at three of the country’s busiest railway stations will be able to benefit from a free Christmas wrapping service for gifts bought in station shops.

Network Rail’s present-shaped ‘Wrapland’ pop-up stand is being gifted to Glasgow Central, London Victoria and London Waterloo stations in December, providing the three quarters of a million people who use these stations each day a chance to save precious time on wrapping presents during the busy Christmas period.

Some services in the north of Scotland have resumed, following disruption caused by Storm Caroline.

• Service alterations in Southampton area this Sunday (December 10) and next Sunday (December 17)
• Upgrade work will then take place from 24 December to 1 January, with service alterations throughout
• Network Rail and South Western Railway advise passengers to plan their journey ahead and travel before Christmas Eve on Sunday 24^th December if possible

Important upgrades for the Crossrail programme and work to install new overhead wires on the line between Norwich and London will take place during a ten-day closure at Christmas.

The ScotRail Alliance has set out its winter weather plans, as Storm Caroline prepares to hit Scotland in the coming days.

A major project to refurbish a historic railway viaduct over the River Adur in Shoreham is close to completion after more than a year’s work by Network Rail engineers.