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New technology being rolled out across the South Western Railway route is set to give track workers an extra 1,600 hours a year to carry out vital overnight maintenance and renewal work.

A major regeneration project that will breathe new life into the area around Chatham railway station and improve links between the station, the town centre and the bus station is set to begin.

East Sussex passengers are advised to plan ahead as work to complete a major upgrade of the line between Lewes and Seaford means buses will replace trains on all routes via Lewes – including those to and from Haywards Heath– for four days in March 2019.

• One of longest tunnels in southern England given biggest overhaul in 150 years
• Work results in a 20% reduction in delay incidents through the tunnel nearly halving journey times for passengers
• Drainage systems improved with track and sleepers replaced

Small Talk Saves Lives campaign urges public to look out for those at risk.

Young people can now learn the dangers of the railway first-hand after a life-size train station was built indoors.

Network Rail South East marked the 100^th anniversary of the end of the First World War with a series of remembrance events at stations as respects were paid to the railway workers and all those who served, sacrificed and changed our world.

Passengers are now benefitting from free drinking water facilities at Britain’s busiest railway station, London Waterloo, installed by Network Rail.