Major signalling upgrade on the West Coast main line

Network Rail is completing an £85 million investment into the signalling on the West Coast main line between Rugeley and Colwich on Sunday 14 and from Saturday 20 until Monday 22 January. During that time, the section of the railway...

Scotland’s Railway completes £15 million festive engineering programme

Network Rail has completed a multi-million-pound programme of engineering upgrades across Scotland over the festive period, which will improve reliability and punctuality for passengers and freight customers. A key junction at Greenhill near Falkirk on the Edinburgh-Glasgow main line was...

Network Rail completes festive engineering work for Wales and Western region

Network Rail is thanking passengers and local residents for their patience and understanding over the festive period while it has completed vital railway engineering work. Over Christmas and New Year, teams have been busy completing multi-million pound improvements, upgrades and...

Passengers in South London, Kent and Sussex, thanked for patience after several engineering projects to improve reliability completed over festive period

Network Rail engineers successfully complete planned engineering upgrades across Kent and Sussex. Over the festive period, Network Rail engineers worked around the clock to carry out reliability upgrades across the Kent and Sussex region, as part of a wider £127m...

Landslip stabilisation, signalling upgrades and level crossing upgrades successfully completed across Wessex route over the festive period

Network Rail is thanking customers for their patience after engineers carried out a number of railway upgrades between Christmas and New Year. Over the festive period, a number of key upgrades took place to improve reliability across the Wessex route...

Upgrade work continues as East Coast Digital Programme progresses further up the line

Work is progressing well on the billion-pound East Coast Digital Programme with work being carried out further up the line between Peterborough and Grantham. Network Rail engineers will be working on the East Coast Main Line over the weekends of...

First Elizabeth line stations get high-speed mobile coverage

Customers on the Elizabeth line received an early Christmas present this morning as four central London stations received mobile coverage for the first time. The four stations – Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon and Liverpool Street – are some...

Virtual reality keeps Birmingham’s iconic power signal box alive

Virtual reality tours inside Birmingham’s iconic signal box are now online a year on from the much-loved building moving its last trains through New Street station. In September, Network Rail gave special access to the University of Birmingham to completely...

Rail Minister celebrates start of ECDP digitally signalled passenger services

Rail Minister Huw Merriman today celebrated the recent start of digitally signalled passenger services on one of Great Northern's busy London commuter lines. Digital signalling on the Northern City Line (NCL), from Finsbury Park to Moorgate in the City...

Significant investment in southern end of Midland Main Line this Christmas

Network Rail engineers will be working hard delivering presents to passengers on – and above – the railway. Two major projects will take significant steps forward this Christmas; to upgrade signalling at West Hampstead and to strengthen a railway bridge...

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