Across Britain, one person trespasses on the railway every hour, putting their lives in danger.

Across Britain, one person trespasses on the railway every hour, putting their lives in danger.

New figures reveal one person every hour trespasses on the railway and puts their life in danger.

Passengers planning to travel over the Easter bank holiday weekend are being reminded to check before they travel while our engineers deliver more than £5m of enhancements for Scotland’s railway.

• £70m investment part of Britain’s Railway Upgrade Plan, including work in Manchester, Watford and between Preston and Carlisle
• More than 95 percent of the network will be running as normal over Easter
• There will be changes to some services while Network Rail carries out the work
• The investment will provide faster and more frequent services to help relieve over-crowding on Britain's railways

Passengers planning to travel over the Easter bank holiday weekend are being reminded to check before they travel while Network Rail invests £4 million in making the railway in south London more reliable.

Passengers planning to travel between Poole and Wareham over the Easter bank holiday weekend (14-17 April) , or the weekend of the 22 & 23 April, are being reminded to check before they travel while Network Rail upgrades the railway’s sea defences in Holes Bay, Poole Harbour.

The first landmark step towards the transformation of the Transpennine Route between York and Manchester will take place this Easter weekend, with passengers urged to check their journeys before they travel.