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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
New sidings keeps deliveries on track at Stafford rail development
A new rail siding is helping spare road and noise disruption for people living near a £250m scheme to upgrade the railway at Stafford.
Network Rail Consulting on winning team for US high-speed rail contract
Network Rail Consulting, the international consultancy arm of Network Rail, has been selected as part of a consultant team led by Parsons Brinckerhoff to provide integration, program delivery and program management services to the California High-Speed Rail Authority in the United States.
Opening dates revealed for Birmingham New Street station and Grand Central
The long-awaited opening dates for Birmingham New Street station and Grand Central have been confirmed.
Network Rail confirms review of five-year CP5 plan
More train passengers arrived at their destination on time last year than ever before, Network Rail’s Annual Report has revealed today. Following decades of underinvestment, Britain is now investing record amounts in our railway to ensure it remains fit for purpose as well as able to accommodate the record number of trains. Britain now has the safest passenger network in Europe and the railway asset reliability is the best it has ever been, even whilst passenger numbers have doubled in the last 20 years.
Check before you travel as work to improve railway in South Wales continues
Passengers travelling between Cardiff and Newport next weekend are being advised to check before they travel as Network Rail carries out essential improvement work to improve the reliability of services across South Wales for passengers.
New bridge is the key to major earth-moving at Stafford rail development
Tens of thousands of tons of earth can be safely transported within a major rail development site near Stafford and kept off local roads after engineers completed the construction of a new bridge.
Network Rail retail records third straight year of growth
Network Rail’s retail sales have increased for the 12th successive quarter, helping the rail infrastructure owner and operator achieve average growth for the 2014/15 financial year, ten times higher than the high street as measured by the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
New siding at £250m Stafford rail development will cut deliveries by road
A major rail development near Stafford is on track after workers built a siding on the existing West Coast main line so materials can be delivered by train.
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