Wales & Western: Western news
Reliability boost for passengers in Cornwall following extensive viaduct upgrade
Passengers will benefit from improved reliability on journeys through Cornwall after Network Rail completed a programme of work to upgrade Ponts Mill viaduct near St Blazey.
Reading station celebrates its historic past and bright future as it turns 185-years-old
Reading station turns 185-years-old this week, having opened its doors in 1840 as a temporary terminus for Brunel’s Great Western Railway while engineers continued building the line to Bristol, the eventual final stop on the line. Passengers are invited to join the station team and community members from 3pm-5pm today (Friday 28 March) to mark the occasion, with live music and a railway-related exhibition as the star attractions.
Passengers in the South West to benefit from more reliable railway as cliff resilience milestone is completed
Resilience work on the Devon cliffs between Dawlish and Holcombe to help protect the iconic coastal railway line has now been successfully completed.
Bath bridge makes list of top ten ‘most bashed bridges’ in the UK
- New figures released by Network Rail show that a bridge in Twerton, a suburb of Bath, was the tenth most-struck bridge in the UK over the past year.
- The bridge was struck 10 times, resulting in over 12 hours of disruption caused by the collisions. Bridge strikes at the location were up by over 300% on the previous year, when vehicles struck the bridge a total of three times.
- Network Rail urges lorry drivers to ‘Wise Up, Size Up’ by knowing the height of their vehicles and choosing suitable routes before they head out on journeys.
1,452 lives saved on the railway in Wales and the West in just five years
This World Mental Health Day (10 October 2024), Network Rail has announced a new milestone with its Rail Suicide Prevention Programme as almost 1,500 interventions have been made across Network Rail’s Wales and Western region.
Network Rail confirms next steps for Botley Road programme with critical focus on Thames Water’s sewer and mains connections
Network Rail has today provided an update on the next steps in its Botley Road programme.
ORR accepts Network Rail’s robust plan to improve train performance across Wales and Western
The Office of Rail and Road today accepted Network Rail’s detailed plan to improve train performance across Wales & Western England.
Railway workers underrated in public importance reveals new survey of people in the south west
One of the south west’s railway workers stars in a new campaign to highlight the essential roles of people who keep trains running, as new findings* released by Network Rail reveal railway professionals are underrated in public importance compared to other key workers in Britain.
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