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More trains, more seats and quicker journeys as rail industry launches December 2025 timetable
The rail industry has launched the biggest timetable change on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) in more than a decade today (Sunday 14 December), as part of a wider set of timetable changes across the network.
All aboard! Railway 200’s exhibition train arrives at London Paddington
- A special exhibition train celebrating 200 years of the railway arrived at London Paddington this morning (Monday 8 December) and will be open for visits until Saturday 13 December
- Get your free tickets through the Railway 200 website at railway200.co.uk/inspiration/.
National & regional news
Flyover to boost capacity and reliability on one of Europe’s busiest rail routes
Plans for a new railway flyover which will help provide increased capacity and improved reliability on the Stafford to Crewe section of the busy West Coast main line have been given the go-ahead.
Faster journey times thanks to line speed improvements between Crewe and Stafford
Passengers can expect faster journeys between Crewe and Stafford with the completion of line speed improvements on one of Europe’s busiest rail routes.
A better railway in the West Midlands as Network Rail kicks off five-year investment programme
Rail passengers in the West Midlands can expect more trains, more seats, reduced congestion and improved stations as Network Rail today embarks on the largest national railway spending programme since Victorian times.
A better railway in the north west as Network Rail kicks off five-year investment programme
Rail passengers in the north west of England can expect more trains, more seats, reduced congestion and improved stations as Network Rail today embarks on the largest national railway spending programme since Victorian times.
Millions to benefit from massive multi-billion pound railway investment programme
Millions of people across the country are set to benefit from an ambitious five-year £38bn spending and investment programme – part of the biggest sustained investment programme ever – that will transform today's railway giving passengers more trains, more seats, reduced congestion and bigger, better stations.
Fewer delays and more reliable services for Anglia passengers as Network Rail kicks off £2.2bn five-year programme
Tomorrow marks the beginning of a new era for rail passengers in East Anglia as Network Rail embarks on an ambitious £2.2bn five-year spending programme in the region.
Cable theft disrupts Snow Hill line passengers
Network Rail, London Midland and British Transport Police have appealed for help in tracking down cable thieves after passengers using the Snow Hill Lines between Stratford-upon-Avon, Shirley and Birmingham suffered more than 36 hours of disruption to rail services this week because of cable theft.
Network Rail boldly launches Star Track trainee engineering scheme for 2014
School leavers across Britain are being offered the chance to join a trainee engineering design scheme, where they will earn as they learn and gain a foundation degree.
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