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• The first new station in Reading since Reading West opened on 1 July 1906
• Now due to open in early 2023

Network Rail and award-winning transport technology innovator, Whoosh, are providing QR Codes containing bespoke journey information for spectators heading to rugby union’s Autumn Internationals.

Network Rail has awarded BAM Nuttall the contract to design a series of resilience measures along the iconic coastal railway between Dawlish and Holcombe, south Devon.

Due to further coordinated strike action by the RMT, TSSA and Unite trades unions on Saturday 5, Monday 7 and Wednesday 9 November, Network Rail is asking passengers to only travel if absolutely necessary, expect widespread disruption and to plan ahead.

Newly released aerial drone footage highlights Network Rail’s latest progress in linking the two sections of the £80m new bigger sea wall to protect the railway at Dawlish.

Network Rail is helping keep train services in Devon running reliably this autumn by reducing the number of leaves on the railway tracks with the help of a specially-adapted 4x4 vehicle which can travel on rails and on the road.

A multi-million pound programme will turn Bristol Temple Meads into the UK’s first ‘Station Innovation Zone’, trialling new technologies designed to upgrade passengers’ experience.

Network Rail teams from across Devon, Bristol, London and Wales enjoyed a triumphant evening at last night’s National Rail Awards scooping up a total of six awards at what is considered the ‘Railway’s Oscars’, held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.