Media centre

Network Rail’s major improvement work over the Easter weekend was completed on time today, Tuesday 7 April, enabling passengers who travel on the Western route to London Paddington from the west, south west and Thames Valley to benefit from faster journeys, greater reliability and a better travelling experience.

People from Aspley Guise and surrounding villages including Woburn Sands, Ridgemont and Lidlington will have the opportunity to give their views on how railway crossing safety can be improved in their area by attending two public consultation events.

A footpath crossing of the railway near Petersfield in Hampshire has been temporarily closed  following a series of incidents.

Network Rail will be tweeting images and updates live from Reading station over Easter as the ‘orange army’ completes its biggest package of improvement work on the Western route to date.

Passengers planning to travel into London from Kent and the South East this Easter should check before they travel as Network Rail will be carrying out a major improvement programme in the area over all four days of the Bank Holiday.

Essential track and overhead line upgrades on the line between London Liverpool Street and Norwich have been carried out after eight weekends of work were completed.

A 17 year old girl from The Duston School, near Northampton, has scooped a runners’ up prize in a national competition run by Network Rail, which aims to raise awareness amongst young women of the exciting breadth of career options in technology and redress the male/female balance in the sector.