Wales & Western: Western news
Vital engineering work means no trains between Reading and Paddington on Sunday 17 November
Passengers advised to travel the day before or day after.
Important milestone reached as bridge deck and temporary staircases installed for new footbridge at St Erth
The bridge deck and temporary staircases for Network Rail’s new accessible footbridge at St Erth have been successfully installed. The previous listed footbridge was carefully dismantled last weekend and will be taken to East Somerset heritage railway.
Crucial engineering work in the Bath area affects rail journeys this autumn
Passengers travelling between Bristol and Bath, and on towards Westbury are reminded to check before they travel during the autumn half term break.
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.
Lifts at Tilehurst station are one step closer as accessibility project reaches major milestone
Lift shafts have been successfully installed at Tilehurst station near Reading as Network Rail’s project to improve accessibility moves closer to completion.
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.
Celebration as Bristol’s new Ashley Down station gets ready for passengers
For the first time since before astronauts walked on the moon, residents of the West of England and beyond will be able to catch trains to and from Ashley Down station.
Gunnislake branch line in Devon and Cornwall reopens a day early following emergency repairs
Network Rail has reopened the Gunnislake branch line a day earlier than planned, with services able to use the line again this afternoon (Thursday 26 September) following a two-week closure for emergency repair work.
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