They’re not the usual employees you’d expect a railway to hire, but Network Rail’s latest recruits, a herd (or "trip") of goats, have taken to their new jobs with great enthusiasm, helping to restore chalk grassland near – but not on – tracks in Folkestone.

Network Rail and ScotRail have signed a strengthened Alliance Agreement that commits both companies to greater integration to deliver a safe, reliable, and green railway.

Most services will not run to Liverpool Lime Street station this Sunday (20 October) as Network Rail carry out essential work in the area. 

Delay minutes at Cardiff Central station on days when there are major events at the nearby Principality Stadium are down 44 per cent so far in 2024 compared with last year.

Customers are being advised of changes to train services between Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Leeds over a five-week period, excluding weekends, from Monday 21 October to Friday 22 November.

Essential work will close the railway between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier in Dorset between Saturday 26 October and Sunday 3 November with buses replacing trains.

Rail passengers are being thanked for their patience after a fire at Stevenage disabled signalling for trains on the East Coast Main Line.

Network Rail has announced a new milestone in its Rail Suicide Prevention Programme with more than 27,000 potentially life-saving interventions having been made across the network since 2019 – including 675 on Scotland’s Railway.