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Final preparations are being made on the rail network with up to 60,000 passengers expected to catch a train to Windsor this Saturday to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince Henry of Wales and Ms. Meghan Markle.

Passengers travelling between Weymouth and Wareham are urged to check before they travel on Wednesday 16th May as Network Rail prepares to re-open the line for the start of service tomorrow morning.

Network Rail have taken over Guildford and Clapham Junction stations to support ongoing delivery of the Railway Upgrade Plan.

The railway line through Wandsworth re-opened this morning following Network Rail’s successful replacement of Fairfield Bridge as part of a bumper £118 million nationwide Easter investment in Britain’s rail infrastructure.

• All lines between Clapham Junction and Barnes will be closed from Good Friday (March 30) to the Bank Holiday Monday (April 2).
• No trains will serve Barnes on Sunday 1 April. Replacement bus services will be in operation.
• Services between London Waterloo, Windsor and Reading will be diverted between Clapham Junction and Twickenham from 30 March – 2 April.
• Other service alterations in place - passengers are advised to check before travelling over the Easter weekend.

A woman who lost her leg when she was struck by a train at a Hampshire level crossing has backed Network Rail’s plans to replace it with a ramped footbridge.

Network Rail is advising passengers across south west London to check their journeys before travelling this Easter as work takes place as part of a nationwide £118 million investment over the bank holiday weekend.

Passengers are able to travel by rail between Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth & Southsea station again from this morning (Saturday 17^th February) after Network Rail successfully replaced a 142-year-old railway bridge with a new 88-tonne British steel structure.