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Trespass and Welfare Officers deployed to stations across Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Surrey and Wiltshire to help vulnerable people on the railway and help keep trains moving have been recognised with a prestigious award.

Passengers travelling on the line between Bristol and Weymouth can look forward to a more reliable railway following vital maintenance between Dorchester West and Castle Cary last week.

• £17 million Southampton Freight Train Lengthening project is complete
• More freight capacity unlocked at the country’s second busiest container port
• Tens of thousands more containers of goods to be moved by rail each year

A wide programme of maintenance and improvements will take place on the railway between Staines and Windsor & Eton Riverside, with no trains from Saturday 6 to Friday 12 March.

This morning, the British Transport Police has named the rail worker who tragically lost his life at Surbiton on Tuesday morning as Tyler Byrne. Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines and Southern region director John Halsall have provided the following updates:

Between Saturday 13 and Friday 19 February the line from Southampton Central to Brockenhurst and Romsey will close as engineers finish a £17 million upgrade for freight services.

Engineers have extended the life of a Victorian viaduct and improved track in Portsmouth following a week of maintenance.

The railway line between Dorchester West and Castle Cary will be closed for five days in February for vital maintenance.