• Local communities to help shape the final design of a potential new rail link from Reading and Slough to London Heathrow Airport

• Final round of public consultation opens today (11 May)

• Six week consultation includes details of the likely benefits of the new railway as well as how any construction and environmental impacts will be managed

More than 5,000 bottles have been refilled in stations across the country as passengers make use of free water on the railway.

World leading engineers in coastal, tunnel, cliff and railway engineering have begun detailed studies along the route between Teignmouth and Dawlish in Devon, as Network Rail works to safeguard the railway in Devon and Cornwall for future generations.

By the time HS2 arrives in Manchester, the majority of the UK network – covering some 70% of journeys – will have undergone a technological transformation delivering faster, more frequent safer services to millions of passengers across the country.

Glasgow Queen Street’s newly-extended platform 1 has entered service as the £120m redevelopment of the station reaches its first key milestone.

London Bridge Station reopened by The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William after five year rail and building programme which nearly doubles capacity and provides 30% more connections

The railway between London and Scotland via the West Midlands and north west has reopened after a number of upgrade projects were successfully completed on time.