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Network Rail has taken just four weeks to transform an old depot in Newport, south Wales, into a state-of-the-art training centre to ensure it has enough skilled railway signallers across Wales and the west throughout the coronavirus crisis.

Network Rail is calling on former or retired signallers in the Wales and Border route area to help keep the railway moving during the current coronavirus event.

With schools closed for the foreseeable future, and parents seeking to fill their children’s time at home, British Transport Police and Network Rail are urging parents and carers to speak to their children and loved ones about the dangers posed by the railway and the importance of staying off the track.

Network Rail will be working around the clock between Welshpool and Newtown this Sunday to make some emergency repairs to an embankment on the railway following storm damage caused by the recent extreme weather.

Network Rail and Transport for Wales have issued the following statement and information following another weekend of extreme weather affecting the Wales and Borders route.

With heavy rain falling across Wales, the following information has been issued by Network Rail

Network Rail will be working around the clock at Lydney this weekend – Saturday 29 February and Sunday 1 March - to make some emergency repairs to the railway following storm damage caused by the recent extreme weather.

Network Rail has made additional progress in repairing the railway network across the Wales and Borders route following Storm Ciara, Storm Dennis and additional rainfall this week.