Wales & Western: Western news
Bristol Temple Meads becomes first station in the country to launch audio guide for blind and partially sighted people
Ahead of International Day of Disabled Persons (Saturday 3 December), Network Rail has teamed up with Bristol Sight Loss Council (BSLC) to launch a first-of-its-kind audio guide for Bristol Temple Meads station, to assist blind and partially sighted people with wayfinding.
Network Rail thanks residents and motorists as Torbay Road bridge set to be finished before Christmas
- Long-running bridge replacement project due to complete before Christmas
- The bridge will be closed to traffic and pedestrians for up to a week from 11 December for resurfacing
Dartmoor Line passes 250,000 journeys on its first anniversary, as rail minister visits to mark official opening of the station building.
Just over a year after the Dartmoor Line reopened to regular passenger trains, journey numbers on the line have passed 250,000 this Monday morning [28 November], with the arrival of an extra special visitor, Rail Minister, Huw Merriman MP, to officially open the renovated station building.
Passengers warned of some late-night cancellations and continued disruption tomorrow (Thursday 24 November) on services between London Paddington, Reading, Bristol and South Wales.
Train services between London Paddington and Reading have been disrupted today, [Wednesday 23 November] while engineers fix overhead electrical wires near Slough that were damaged overnight.
Triple triumph for Network Rail at prestigious South West engineering awards
Network Rail has scooped three awards at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West Civil Engineering Awards 2022.
Network Rail colleagues help out on a blooming good station project
Passengers at Barnstaple will now enjoy an award-winning and brighter looking station after volunteers from Network Rail joined forces with the local Barnstaple in Bloom group to tidy up the disused platform at the north Devon station.
Cornwall teenage cancer survivor pays a special visit to the railway
Network Rail’s Roskear signal box in Camborne, Cornwall, recently welcomed a special visitor – 16-year-old William Beynon from Hayle, who has recently celebrated being given the all-clear from cancer.
Slough bridge makes list of top 10 ‘most bashed bridges’ in the UK
New figures released by Network Rail show that a bridge in Slough, Berkshire, was the eighth most-struck bridge in the UK over the past year.
Results 97 - 104 out of 1092