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Network Rail engineers will be working hard this summer on an essential project to bring more reliable journeys to South Western Railway customers travelling from stations between Hounslow and Barnes via Brentford.

Plans to improve St Albans City station are getting back on track this summer, as Network Rail resumes work on the £6.8m revamp.

For over 30 years railway people calling control in Blackfriars would hear “Kent Control Stephen Eaves speaking” on the other end of the phone, and know they were in safe hands. 

A new Yonder poll of over 2,000 UK adults looking at opinions on the recent rail strikes, pay and modernisation of the railway show huge support for reforms in the rail industry, and a massive vote of dissatisfaction with the RMT’s approach to negotiations.

• Independent study finds rail industry lags behind other comparative industries
• Findings support need for Network Rail maintenance reforms
• Unblocking use of technology, adopting more flexible rostering and creating multifunctional teams are key to boosting productivity, which can unlock savings to fund a better pay deal and resolve current RMT dispute

CCTV footage at Wantage Road level crossing in Grove has recently captured footage of a group of children playing on the railway, putting themselves at risk through their irresponsible actions.

The first miles of new electric overhead wires on a mainline in Yorkshire for over 25 years are now up, marking a step-change in progress for the multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade.

Network Rail has planted 35 trees at an unsightly graffiti hotspot in London in a bid to deter taggers from vandalising the railway and saving thousands of pounds in cleaning costs.