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Network Rail lit up the Blaenau Ffestiniog tunnel last night (7 May) at 20:00hrs in honour and gratitude to all NHS staff and other workers who are battling the coronavirus crisis.

Network Rail is lighting up the Blaenau Ffestiniog tunnel tonight (7 May) from 20:00hrs in honour and gratitude to all NHS staff and other workers who are battling the coronavirus crisis.

Network Rail is lighting up Grade II listed Cardiff Central station on Thursday night (30 April) in honour and gratitude to all NHS staff and other workers who are battling the coronavirus crisis.

Network Rail has lit the iconic Britannia Bridge blue to say thank you to NHS staff and other key workers – including frontline railway colleagues – who are continuing to operate a safe and reliable railway to support essential passenger journeys, and keep freight moving across the network.

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.