Southern: Wessex news
Trespass film wins prize at New York TV and film festival
A film that highlights the dangers of rail trespass has won a prestigious award at an international New York festival.
Passengers who need to travel urged to plan ahead of biggest rail investment in Guildford in almost 40 years
The rail infrastructure in the Guildford area will soon see its biggest investment in nearly 40 years and people who do need to use the railway are urged to check journey times before travelling.
London stations see passenger numbers fall by over 90% during the COVID-19 pandemic
Network Rail has issued a heartfelt thank you to passengers for heeding Government advice to stay home after new figures reveal footfall is down an average of 93% at some of London’s busiest stations.
14th century cave and drawings discovered during landslip repair works near Guildford
- Cave believed to be dated from the 14th century
- Considered to be a later medieval shrine or hermitage.
- Thought to have associations with the nearby chapel of St Catherine
Over 260,000 tonnes of vital supplies carried by freight across the home counties during the Covid19 pandemic
The railway across Wessex, Kent and Sussex is carrying thousands of tonnes of goods by freight to support the economy and to keep supermarkets stocked up with essential supplies.
Preparatory works start this weekend marking the four-week countdown to Guildford Easter rail improvement works
• Network Rail to carry out biggest improvement work programme in the Guildford area for 40 years, from Friday 10 April to Sunday 19 April
• Preparatory works in the area will mean bus replacements on Sunday 15, 22 and 29 March.
• More than a mile of new track and new conductor rail to provide power to trains will be installed alongside 41 track circuits which tell signallers where trains are on the network
Salisbury and Romsey line expected to reopen at the end of March following landslip
- Landslip close to Salisbury closed the line between Salisbury and Romsey on 18 February
- Interim fix devised by engineers will enable the line to be reopened by the end of March
- Longer-term solution to rebuild the embankment will be delivered once local flooding subsides and heavy machinery can reach the area
Over 1,000 tonnes of tarmac laid to improve Fleet station car park
Network Rail has laid down 1,100 tonnes of new tarmac to completely re-surface Fleet station car park improving the facility for passengers.
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