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Chepstow residents invited to find out more ahead of £25m summer resilience upgrade on Newport-Gloucester line
Buses will replace trains from Monday 18 July - Saturday 3 September while major work to upgrade the line is delivered.
Reston station prepares to welcome first services
Network Rail has completed the construction of Reston station.
The station has been backed by £20m of investment from the Scottish Government. Completion will enable trains to call at the village for the first time since 1964 – with services set to call from Monday 23 May.
Rail volunteers join forces for Bere Alston station spring clean
Volunteers from Network Rail and GWR recently joined forces with Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership and students from Plymouth University to give the disused platform and old signal box at Bere Alston station in west Devon, a much-needed spring clean.
Petts Wood station in South East London about to get a lift – four in fact – to make the station fully accessible for the first time
A major £10.8m scheme to make Petts Wood station, South East London, fully accessible for the first time is about to get underway.
First testing of retrofitted ETCS train at RIDC
Network Rail’s state of the art Rail Innovation & Development Centre (RIDC) has carried out its first testing of a train retrofitted with onboard digital signalling equipment.
Manchester to get 21st Century signalling overhaul over Queen’s Jubilee weekend
Over the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday, Network Rail will complete a major signalling overhaul in Manchester to modernise journeys into the city.
Step-free footbridge to revitalise rail journeys in Selby
An upgraded, step-free footbridge will make it easier for rail passengers in Selby to travel by train – Network Rail will begin work in August 2022.
Brighter Journeys campaign arrives at Cardiff Central station hoping to lift passengers' spirits
Network Rail, Transport for Wales and the wider rail industry has teamed up with mental health charity, Chasing the Stigma, to support passengers’ wellbeing with a colourful, floral surprise.
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