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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/.
Network Rail reveals a bridge is struck every five hours, naming Britain’s most-bashed bridges and urging drivers to ‘Wise Up and Size Up’
- 1,666 bridges were struck by vehicles in 2024/25 – roughly one every five hours, representing an 8.75% increase on the previous year
- Watling Street A5 in Hinckley tops the list as Britain’s most bashed bridge, which was hit 22 times in the year
- Network Rail urges lorry drivers to ‘Wise Up, Size Up’ by checking vehicle heights and planning suitable routes to avoid costly and dangerous bridge strikes
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New retail openings at London Bridge station are a recipe for success
- Bob’s Lobster and Comptoir Libanais improve choice of station dining
- The Book Shop, Urban Express and Greggs expand on-the-go offer
- Openings form part of £1bn redevelopment of London Bridge station
- Retail offer establishing the station as a destination in its own right
Royal Opening for London Bridge Station which offers a ‘Transformation in Passenger Experience’
London Bridge Station reopened by The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William after five year rail and building programme which nearly doubles capacity and provides 30% more connections
Reminder – Passengers urged to check before they travel in the South East over the May bank holidays
Passengers in the South East are being urged to check before they travel over the two May bank holidays as work takes place across the region's railways.
South East rail passengers urged to check before travelling ahead of May bank holiday investment programme
With the May bank holidays fast-approaching, Network Rail is reminding passengers in the South East to plan their journeys in advance of the two bank holiday weekends.
Passengers urged to check before they travel this May
- Railway open for ‘business as usual’ as majority of the network is unaffected by upgrade work
- This work will provide faster and more frequent services to help relieve over-crowding on Britain's railways
En Vogue – fashion and luxury brands set to open at London Bridge
- Ted Baker, Mac, Cath Kidston, Hamleys, Rituals, and The Body Shop all to open soon
- New retail offer forms part of £1billion redevelopment of the station
- London Bridge will have more retail units than any other Network Rail station
London Bridge is open! Final section of massive new concourse and five new platforms open to the public as historic redevelopment begins countdown to completion
- London Bridge’s huge new concourse and five new platforms open to the public
- Cannon Street services will now resume stopping at London Bridge
- New platform built at Redhill to increase capacity and reduce delays on the Brighton Main Line
- All part of Network Rail’s £160m Christmas investment programme
Railway Grafters release Christmas song
A squad of singing railway workers today released a rowdy rework of the Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
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