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Network Rail and the British Transport Police (BTP) have today launched a new partnership with the English Football League Trust (EFL Trust) and StreetGames to help tackle the increasing number of people risking their lives on the railway.

• Railway open for ‘business as usual’ over both May bank holiday weekends (4 – 6 and 25 – 27 May) as majority of the network is unaffected
• A 22,000 strong workforce will work around the clock over both May bank holiday weekends

• London Euston station and sections of the West Coast Main Line between London and Glasgow will be closed on 4-6 May

Network Rail has announced the award of six multi-million-pound framework contracts to deliver signalling and telecoms across the country, worth an estimated £750m for Control Period 6 (2019-2024).

• Railway open for ‘business as usual’ over both May bank holiday weekends (4 – 6 and 25 – 27 May) as majority of the network is unaffected
• London Euston station and sections of the West Coast Main Line between London and Glasgow will be closed on 4 – 6 May

• Railway open for ‘business as usual’ as majority of the network is unaffected by upgrade work with the quietest engineering programme for many years

It’s no joke – and certainly not an April Fool’s joke - as Network Rail today (1 April 2019)  made the last of the country’s biggest and busiest station toilets ‘free to pee’.

The rail industry has today announced the five-year Million Hour Challenge, which aims to encourage staff to donate their time, energy and skills to help the Samaritans in their work supporting people in emotional crisis.

Network Rail has announced the final preferred bidder for delivery of track upgrade works for the next decade in Central England. It includes track, points, and associated overhead lines and signalling, and is worth an estimated £1.5bn over 10 years.