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Network Rail has completed an important weekend of improvements at Waterloo this weekend (4/5 March) replacing vital sections of track to make the railway more resilient and more reliable as part of the enormous £800 million Waterloo & South West Upgrade.

• Only route in the UK headed up by two female managing directors
• Becky Lumlock of Network Rail and Margaret Kay of South West Trains lead track and train on one of country’s busiest networks

Network Rail and South West Trains are advising passengers to Check Before You Travel as major track upgrades at Waterloo as part of the Waterloo & South West Upgrade, and improvement works elsewhere on the network, will significantly reduce the number of trains running during two weekends in March.

Network Rail has appointed Jason Bridges into a new key role of Chief Operating Officer for its Wessex route, which includes all services to and from Waterloo, to strengthen the daily focus on delivering a safe and reliable railway.

Hundreds of thousands of London commuters are set to benefit from a £6m flood alleviation scheme just completed by Network Rail.

Network Rail and South West Trains are giving passengers an early glimpse of how the multi-million pound re-development of the former International Terminal at Waterloo will eventually look, by using virtual reality headsets (footage available for download).

Network Rail is inviting residents living near Woodfield Lane level crossing in Ashtead, Surrey, to come and find out more about upcoming improvement work at the crossing aimed at making it safer and more reliable.

Network Rail will begin improvement work to replace equipment at Woodfield Lane level crossing in Ashtead, Surrey this month as part of plans to make the level crossing more reliable.