Media centre

Network Rail has completed its extensions of the platforms at Martins Heron station in Berkshire, part of its £800 million Waterloo & South West Upgrade that will see new, longer trains running between Waterloo and Reading.

Network Rail pledges to recruit an extra 140 new apprentices to its award-winning Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme, with 24 places available across Anglia.  

Timelapse footage captured by Network Rail shows the incredible progress made in just one month as the rebuilding of London Bridge station moves into its final phase.

Network Rail has today (Wednesday 5 October) launched a new smartphone app at the Deaf Info exhibition held in Lowestoft, Suffolk, part of the Deaf UK 50+ annual holiday and attended by over 400 members of the older deaf community.

Residents are invited to an information event to find out more about plans to close a pedestrian level crossing in Waltham Cross and replace it with a footbridge.

Residents in Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire, will soon benefit from a safer railway crossing as Network Rail prepares to replace the current level crossing with a new footbridge.

New figures from Network Rail¹ reveal that 14pc report a near miss or accident when using their mobile phone around the transport network.  

New figures from Network Rail¹ reveal that 15pc report a near miss or accident when using their mobile phone around the transport network.