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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
Passengers advised to look for purple uniforms in stations for extra help
Network Rail’s assisted travel teams in four of the country’s busiest stations now have purple uniforms to make them easier for passengers to recognise.
Long term plan for digital railway
Network Rail has published a framework that sets out the long-term delivery of digital signalling, to bring significant benefits to passengers and help suppliers to plan resources.
Rebuilding trust is the aim of North West and Central region
Rebuilding the trust of train passengers is the aim of Network Rail’s new North West and Central (NW&C)* region.
Passengers help save 500,000 plastic bottles by using free station water fountains
Passengers travelling between London Euston, the Midlands and North West have helped save more than half a million plastic water bottles* over the last year by using free station water fountains.
Scotland’s rail passengers take on plastic with refill revolution
Passengers at Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley have helped save almost 100,000 plastic bottles by using the stations’ refill points.
Passengers take on plastic with refill revolution
Passengers at Britain’s biggest and busiest stations have helped save the equivalent of one million plastic bottles* by embracing the ‘refill revolution’.
Passengers to benefit from new assisted travel lounge at Birmingham New Street
Passengers who need help to get on and off trains at Birmingham New Street station now have a dedicated waiting lounge to make travelling by train a more pleasant experience.
Lorry drivers warned after repeated bridge strikes close road for five months
Network Rail today warned lorry drivers to always know the height of their vehicles after repeated bridge strikes forced a road in Birmingham to close for five months while complex repairs are made.
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