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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
Euston station closed and major engineering work in the West Midlands over Easter and May bank holidays
- Major work means changes to journeys on the West Coast main line
- London Euston railway station will be closed
- Passengers advised to travel on days other than 19-22 April and 4-6 May
Jess Phillips MP welcomes scheme to improve access at Stechford station
Stechford station in Birmingham is being fitted with new lifts, ramps and a footbridge to make it more accessible for West Midlands Railway passengers.
Reading station celebrates three decades of improvements since a right Royal visit
Thirty years ago, on 4 April 1989, Her Majesty the Queen officially opened ‘The New Reading Station’, following upgrade work to improve passenger facilities.
Railway signaller swaps trains for trainers in half marathon and cycling challenge
A Network Rail signaller and avid football fan is running a half marathon and cycling from Wolverhampton to Liverpool to raise thousands of pounds for Dementia UK.
Peeing for free is no April Fool’s joke for millions of passengers
It’s no joke – and certainly not an April Fool’s joke - as Network Rail today (1 April 2019) made the last of the country’s biggest and busiest station toilets ‘free to pee’.
£5.7 billion to run the ‘Backbone of Britain’ railway
Network Rail’s London-to-Carlisle region today unveiled its £5.7bn* plan to run a safe, reliable railway for its customers over the five years from 1 April 2019 (CP6**).
Passengers reminded of major engineering work on West Coast main line over Easter & May bank holidays
- Major work means changes to journeys on the West Coast main line
- London Euston railway station will be closed
- Passengers advised to travel on days other than 19-22 April and 4-6 May
And they’re off… racegoers tipped for travel success ahead of Cheltenham Festival
Cheltenham Festival-goers travelling by train from Birmingham New Street are being given top tips to help them get off to a winning start.
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