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In celebration of 200 years of railway history, Network Rail is offering exclusive tours at London Waterloo, London Victoria, and London Bridge stations. These tours, led by renowned railway historian Rachel Kolsky, will take you on a journey through time, revealing the fascinating development of these iconic stations.

• Mind the ‘generation gap’: only 54% of Gen Z know fly-tipping is a crime compared to 92% of boomers
• Since 2021, there have been 328 fly tipping incidents reported across Network Rail’s Wessex route.
• Just 40% of people in London know that fly tipping can cause transport delays, and only 34 % of Gen Z.
• Network Rail releases new research to highlight the negative impact fly-tipping has on the railway and wildlife habitats

Island Line will fully reopen between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin on Friday 2 May, in time for the Early May Bank Holiday weekend, following an intensive and complex programme of work to repair and refurbish Ryde Pier.

Train services have resumed between Yeovil Pen Mill and Castle Cary after a week-long closure where Network Rail carried out essential improvements to the railway.

This Saturday marks one weeks to go until the start of critical railway upgrades between Staines and Windsor.

• Railway engineers uncover historic tunnels and rooms underneath Salisbury station
• Tunnels and rooms believed to have been previously used to store barrels of beer, eggs and support the operational running of the station
• Another entrance, in an unused building on Platform 1, has also been discovered with further investigations to follow.

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.

This Saturday marks two weeks to go until the start of critical railway upgrades between Staines and Windsor.