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Network Rail and the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC), with support from Passenger Focus, today announced an initiative to further reduce the need for replacement buses at weekends and bank holidays.

The initiative will benefit passengers from Reading, Swindon, Chippenham, Bath, Bristol, Cheltenham Spa, Taunton, Weymouth, Exeter and Plymouth. 

Network Rail and the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC), with support from Passenger Focus, today announced an initiative to further reduce the need for replacement buses at weekends and bank holidays.

The initiative will benefit passengers in Wales travelling via the Great Western main line and West Coast main line (connecting services).  

Bristol is set to significantly benefit from Network Rail’s seven-day railway vision, as the company introduces today a new initiative and technology to minimise passenger disruption.

The Conwy Valley railway line, closed owing to flooding, is scheduled to reopen to passengers on Monday, 30 November.

The ‘Harrington Hump’ is shortly to arrive at Aberdovey station, where passengers will be the first in Wales to benefit from this new addition to the platform that makes it easier for them to get on and off trains.

Network Rail is now gearing up to transform a railway yard in Westbury into one of the biggest track materials recycling hub in the country, as the company receives planning permission from the council.