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From Monday 10 March to Sunday 16 March, train services will change on the Heart of Wessex Line with no trains running between Yeovil Pen Mill and Castle Cary for a week, while Network Rail complete vital improvements to the railway in the Yeovil area.

Trains are now running again on the West of England Line between Salisbury and Yeovil Junction after Network Rail completed a package of upgrades in the Gillingham area.

• Bicentenary train, Inspiration, will visit Waterloo 18 & 19 July as one of 60 locations across Britain over 12 months, promoting rail innovation and careers
• Inspiration will also visit Margate station (20-21 July) and Bluebell Railway (23-29 July) across Network Rail’s Southern region.
• More than 200,000 visitors expected. Register to receive updates before bookings open

• Bicentenary train, Inspiration, will visit the Bluebell Railway 23-29 July as one of 60 locations across Britain over 12 months, promoting rail innovation and careers
• Inspiration will also visit Waterloo station (18-19 July) and Margate station (20-21 July) across Network Rail’s Southern region.
• More than 200,000 visitors expected. Register to receive updates before bookings open

• Bicentenary train, Inspiration, will visit Margate station from 20-21 July as one of 60 locations across Britain over 12 months, promoting rail innovation and careers
• Inspiration will also visit Waterloo station (18-19 July) and Bluebell Railway (23-29 July) across Network Rail’s Southern region.
• More than 200,000 visitors expected. Register to receive updates before bookings open

Network Rail and the Bluebell Railway have signed an agreement which will see further collaboration between the two organisations – the first of its kind with a heritage railway in the south of England.

Following the sentencing at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court today for a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act etc 1974, relating to the incident at Surbiton on 9 February 2021 where Tyler Byrne tragically lost his life, Network Rail has issued the following statement.

Two new lifts provide step-free access to each platform from the main entrance of the station.