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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/.
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Network Rail and The Talent Foundry celebrate completion of programme to inspire young people to pursue careers in rail
Network Rail and The Talent Foundry have completed the initial pilot scheme of the Track to the Future programme, which aims to inspire young people to consider a career in the rail sector.
Graffiti hit squad cleans up Birmingham grot spots
Network Rail's graffiti hit squad has been cleaning up Birmingham city centre over the Christmas break.
Rail upgrades completed this Christmas – with more in the New Year
Network Rail has completed upgrades to the railway between Euston, the Midlands and the North West over Christmas.
COVID-19 vaccination centre opens at Birmingham New Street station
A new COVID-19 vaccination centre has opened at Birmingham New Street station to provide a convenient location in the city centre for people to have their vaccinations.
Passengers kept on the move between Christmas and New Year
- Railway improvements planned to ensure people can get home for Christmas
- Majority of West Coast main line, Midlands and North West rail routes open as normal
- Journeys are impacted on the Chiltern line and between Manchester and Leeds
- Please ‘Look before you book’ to know your travel options
World-class photography showcased at Network Rail stations
Network Rail is unveiling the nation’s most breath-taking landscapes from this year’s prestigious Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, in a free exhibition that will tour Britain’s biggest and busiest stations.
Drone footage shows West Coast main line secured from landslips
Work is now complete to protect railway journeys on the West Coast main line after moving land was secured between Milton Keynes and Birmingham.
New Street’s Christmas Eve meal returns as take-away for 2021
Birmingham New Street station’s highly successful Christmas Eve meal for the city’s homeless is returning once again as a take-out service.
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