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A joint scheme of around £811k aimed at improving the access to Hayle station was today unveiled by Network Rail, First Great Western, Cornwall Council and Sustrans.

Rail passengers on some routes in the Sheffield and Chesterfield areas will have longer journeys and some services cancellations from tomorrow (Tuesday 18 February).

One of the two tracks through Unstone needs to close for safety reasons. The hillside above the railway became unstable in the recent extremely wet weather.

After days of hard work by Network Rail engineers in difficult conditions, a limited train service will be able to run to Brighton through the flooded Patcham tunnel area tonight (Monday) with a full Brighton Main Line service resuming tomorrow.

First Great Western (FGW) and Network Rail plan to restore the majority ofservices into and out of London Paddington from Monday (17th February).

Mark Carne, Network Rail's new chief executive will take up his new role from Monday 24th February, slightly earlier than originally planned.

Network Rail is working with the Environment Agency to closely monitor rising ground water levels in Patcham area outside Brighton, where the Brighton Main Line runs through a tunnel in the South Downs.

Timelapse video released today shows a modular polystyrene platform being installed as part of the Peterborough investment project by Network Rail.

To reduce disruption to passengers during construction the extension of platform 1 was cut from 20 weeks to just 20 days.

Immense efforts by hundreds of rail engineers overnight have seen scores of trees removed from blocked lines, over a dozen dewirements repaired and hundreds of pieces of debris cleared of the track across Wales and the north of England.