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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
100th apprentice appointed as part of Birmingham New Street redevelopment
The team redeveloping Birmingham New Street station is celebrating the appointment of the 100th apprentice to the project.
Stafford rail project looks to the future with local apprentices
A £250 million programme to improve the railway between Stafford and Crewe is investing in the future of the country’s workforce with the arrival of three new apprentices.
John Lewis takes ownership of new 250,000 sq ft regional flagship shop in Birmingham
John Lewis has taken ownership of its new shop in Grand Central Birmingham, an important milestone that marks the end of construction of the store.
Network Rail achieves record 7.8% growth in station retail sales in the last quarter of 2013
Network Rail has released station retail sales results showing 7.8% growth in like-for-like sales from September to December 2013 – the most successful quarter for Network Rail managed station retailers on record and a significant outperformance over high street sales (+0.6%*).
Severe disruption on the West Coast Mainline
Due to the extreme weather conditions there is severe disruption on the West Coast Main Line.
Network Rail agrees to funding settlement to enable a better railway for a better Britain
Network Rail today announced that it was accepting the Office of Rail Regulation’s conclusion for funding to maintain and improve Britain’s railway over the next five years
Chancellor unveils the start of £600m rail investment in the north of England
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has officially launched a £600m investment programme which will transform the railway and boost the economy in the north of England.
Apprentices needed to help Network Rail deliver billions of pounds of investment in the West Midlands and north west
Network Rail is looking for apprentices to join the company and help deliver a multi-billion pound programme of work to renew and maintain one of the most intensely used networks in the world.
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