Media centre

A new mural now takes pride of place at a newly revamped station welcoming passengers into Castleford.  

Network Rail has joined forces with the community in Copmanthorpe to install a mural to help tackle graffiti on a bridge in the village.

• Massive concrete structure to be pushed under the East Coast Main Line as part of £1.2bn upgrade
• Major works to occur over nine days between 16 and 24 January, with service changes between London and Edinburgh
• Hundreds of hours of passenger disruption to be avoided by industry-leading engineering technique
• New tunnel will separate slow-moving freight from long-distance passenger trains – speeding up journeys and improving reliability

• Massive concrete structure to be pushed under the East Coast Main Line as part of £1.2bn upgrade
• Major works to occur over nine days between 16 and 24 January
• Hundreds of hours of passenger disruption to be avoided by industry-leading engineering technique
• New tunnel will separate slow-moving freight from long-distance passenger trains – speeding up journeys and improving reliability

• People must follow the latest Government guidance and not travel except for limited reasons

• Major improvement work means there are changes to services over the next four weekends in January

Network Rail has released photos of a brand-new platform, Platform 0, at Leeds station following its completion over the festive period.

• Major progress was made at King’s Cross during a six-day closure over Christmas, including work to reconstruct Camden Sewer which runs beneath the tracks
• Teams lifted all four tracks entering the station for the first time in over 40 years
• The East Coast Upgrade will bring a more modern, reliable railway for passengers, improving journeys between London, the North of England and Scotland
• Network Rail and train operators on the East Coast Main Line are thanking passengers for their patience following the six-day closure at King’s Cross

A Network Rail investment of £1.4million to strengthen a railway bridge over the River Don will mean the temporary closure of a section of the Tinsley towpath.