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Work is well under way to refurbish the footbridge at Goring-by-Sea station and provide a safer way of crossing the railway as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

Pedestrians in the Tidemills area are being reminded of the importance of obeying signals and signs at level crossings, following a spike in potentially dangerous incidents at the pedestrian level crossing near the site of the abandoned village of Tidemills in East Sussex.

Network Rail engineers are getting extra time to make improvements to two of London’s busiest railway lines thanks to lower passenger numbers during the second national lockdown.

Engineers completed extensive steel work repairs on the structure as well as repairing and replacing timber panels and supporting beans and brick work. The deck walkway has been renewed with an anti-slip surface and the structure has been repainted.

Network Rail has replaced two 50m canopies which stand over the platforms as well as making a raft of improvements to the station building. 

Network Rail are pleased to be working in partnership with the Southeast Communities Rail Partnership and Southern Water to recycle rainwater for use by station volunteer partners at West Worthing.

Vital work to refurbish the platform canopies at St Denys station in Southampton has begun which when complete, will provide a better experience for passengers on South West Railway (SWR) services.

Network Rail is upgrading Snodland station by refurbishing the footbridge while tactile paving will also be installed along both platforms to improve use for passengers with visual impairment.