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Rail Minister Lord Hendy today celebrated the recent achievement of the Great Northern ‘Northern City Line’ becoming the country’s first commuter railway to operate without signals at the side of the track.

• South Western Railway services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids will not call at Crewkerne from Monday 28 July, until further notice
• Rail replacement bus services will operate between Yeovil Junction and Axminster in both directions, calling at Crewkerne
• Dried out railway embankments west of Salisbury mean further changes to trains on the West of England Line are likely over the summer
• Customers are advised to plan ahead and regularly check for updates

This August railway engineers will improve future journeys across three counties during a rare three-week railway closure through Stockport.

August closure means that rail replacement buses will operate over the whole route so that Network Rail can undertake essential engineering work.

Network Rail has released new aerial photos showing the first six months of progress on Okehampton Interchange station, which is set to open in 2026.

Network Rail has updated its plans for new accessible footbridges in both Pensarn and Prestatyn, North Wales.

Passengers planning to travel between Twyford and Henley-on-Thames next week are being urged to plan ahead as Network Rail undertakes track maintenance work.

Network Rail has today begun work to improve reliability on a railway bridge in Limpley Stoke, which will affect local traffic and buses.