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• Passengers should only travel if they have to over the Early May Bank Holiday
• Network Rail’s engineering works will affect some routes while a reduced timetable continues to operate for those who rely on rail services

Network Rail and street artist Lionel Stanhope have teamed up to pay tribute to our NHS heroes with a mural in a railway arch in Southwark.

Network Rail is working hard to keep supermarkets supplied with food by working with suppliers on two new food routes from Valencia and Murcia into London.

Celebrities make special announcements at Network Rail stations this week to surprise critical worker passengers.

Colleagues from across Network Rail have been working to keep passengers and vital supplies moving.

Railway stations across London turned blue last night and the first of a series of surprise well-known voices was heard on their concourses as part of the #MakeItBlue campaign, Saluting the efforts of hard-working NHS staff and essential workers across the country.

• 10 days of major engineering work over the Easter holidays completed on time
• Millions of passengers will benefit from a more reliable railway
• Brand new track and upgraded signalling equipment installed at Guildford station
• Speed restriction removed from St. Catherine’s Tunnel, scene of two landslips in 2019

The biggest rail investment in nearly four decades for the Guildford area has passed the half-way point as Network Rail engineers worked throughout the Easter holiday period to deliver vital passenger improvements.