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Storm Katie threatened our project, but we delivered for Kent
Over all four days of the Easter weekend, the East Kent re-signalling team took over the railway between Longfield, Sittingbourne, and the Isle of Sheppey, to commission a brand-new system to control trains.
Deaf railway executive offers inspiration to regions’ children
A Network Rail community relations executive has helped to inspire young people from across Essex with hearing loss, when he gave a presentation to children at St Clere’s school in Stanford-Le-Hope this week.
Major Crossrail work successfully delivered by Network Rail over Easter
- £30m of work completed as part of preparing the existing railway for the Crossrail programme in outer London, Berkshire and Essex
- Half of Network Rail’s £60m national Easter upgrades invested in delivering improvements for the Crossrail programme
- Click here to download a selection of images of the Easter work
Public urged to provide their views on proposed rail link to Heathrow as deadline for feedback approaches
Network Rail is urging residents and businesses to provide their views on plans for a new link connecting the rail network from the west to London Heathrow, ahead of the latest deadline for feedback of Monday 4 April.
Better, more reliable train services for the south as Network Rail’s orange army work through Storm Katie to complete Easter upgrade works on time
Passengers travelling into London Waterloo will benefit from more reliable journeys as a result of Network Rail’s Easter investment, part of Network Rail’s £40billion Railway Upgrade Plan.
Network Rail completes Easter railway upgrade work in the Thames Valley on time
Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) thanked passengers and lineside neighbours today for their patience following the completion, on time, of the first stage of work to pave the way for a bigger, better, more reliable railway for passengers in the south west and Thames Valley.
Network Rail’s orange army battle with the weather to upgrade the railway in Anglia over Easter
In spite of the arrival of Storm Katie this weekend, work to upgrade the railway in Essex this Easter was completed, meaning that passengers’ journeys on the line from Norwich to London will be more reliable.
PICTURES: Railway passengers and neighbours thanked for their patience after Easter engineering work in London and Kent
After a long weekend of heavy engineering work and stormy weather across Kent and London, the railway network is up and running again.
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