Media centre

Member of Parliament Derek Thomas met with representatives from Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) on Thursday 2 February at Long Rock Depot in Cornwall, where the rail companies are working with Cornwall Council on a multi-million-pound rail and travel scheme near Penzance.

Network Rail is supporting this year’s edition of the Bristol Light Festival, held from Friday 3 February until Sunday 12 February, by lighting up the iconic Bristol Temple Meads station in dazzling blue and pink.

Network Rail has welcomed Mid-Devon District Council’s approval of its plans to reduce the frequency and duration of flooding on the railway at Hele.

Paddington station will be bathed in purple light by Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) this Friday, in a moment of remembrance for Holocaust Memorial Day.

Network Rail has donated a number of safety helmets to Platform, a rail education organisation, for use in their school railway safety workshops.

Network Rail has welcomed funding announced today (19 January) by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities for two new transformational rail schemes in the south west. 

Network Rail has kicked off construction of a new bridge and lifts at Theale station which will provide passengers with a fully accessible station.

Network Rail has announced AmcoGiffen, Octavius, BAM Nuttall, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, and Taylor Woodrow will be among their trusted suppliers involved in delivering Wales and Western region’s £2bn programme of works over the next eight years.