Southern news
Trespasser jailed for climbing on top of a tunnel owned by Network Rail in London and causing mass rail disruption
- A man who blocked trains between London, Kent and France by climbing on top of a tunnel overlooking railway lines near St Pancras International Station has been jailed.
Autumn half-term rail closures on the West Coastway, passengers advised to plan ahead
Rail passengers in West Sussex and Hampshire are advised to plan ahead and allow more time for their journeys over the autumn half-term and some further weekends afterwards as Network Rail works to complete a multi-million-pound upgrade of the lines between Barnham, Chichester and Havant.
Kent rail passengers to benefit from £10m project to improve passenger information systems
- Passengers across Kent, East Sussex and south east London are benefitting from better journey information following a two-year collaborative effort between Network Rail and train operator Southeastern.
Cannon Street railway bridge owned by Network Rail receives makeover as part of £45m artwork project
- Four of the Thames’s most famous bridges including Cannon Street have been transformed with the launch of the first phase of Illuminated River
- An ambitious new art commission for London that will eventually see up to 15 bridges lit along the Thames
South East route gets ready for record-breaking heatwave on Thursday 25 July
- Temperatures across London and the South East are forecast to reach 37°C on Thursday and steel rail temperatures could rise to well over 50°C.
- Network Rail has activated its ‘extreme weather action teams’ (EWATs) across the South East and passengers are advised to check before they travel.
- To reduce the risk of buckling and to keep passengers safe, we have to introduce speed restrictions which means fewer trains can run and they’re likely to be much busier and take longer to complete their journeys.
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