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A Victorian brick archway and a hand grenade are among some of the unique challenges that temporarily paused progress on the major project, with round the clock shifts now set to begin. 

Buses will replace trains for four days, from Monday 14 August, on the line between Twyford and Henley-on-Thames, as Network Rail carries out vital track improvements. 

Network Rail has confirmed that the work to replace St Margaret Street Bridge in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, will now last until the end of November, following a number of technical challenges that have arisen during the course of the work.

This morning (Monday 31 July), representatives from Network Rail and train operator GWR joined the Secretary of State for Transport, the Mayor of Bristol and the Mayor of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) to open Bristol’s first new railway station in 96 years.

Resilience work on the cliffs between Dawlish and Holcombe to help protect the iconic coastal railway line for future generations is due to start this week.

The start of a nine-day period of intensive track and signalling work around Oxford station begins on 29 July, supporting an increase in train services and ushering in a new era in passenger and freight train travel for the city and wider county. 

This Saturday (15 July) passengers at Reading station will be treated to fabulous live music courtesy of the Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra (APO), who’ll be performing Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 alongside three famous marches as part of ‘Beethoven on the Bridge’, which sees APO return to the station’s transfer deck for the first time since the pandemic.

This morning (Monday 3 July), Network Rail, the wider rail industry, the local council and local school pupils joined Secretary of State for Transport, The Rt Hon Mark Harper MP, in Dawlish, Devon, to mark the completion and official opening of the £80m sea wall.