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The restoration of a rare Norfolk railway sign, thought to be the only surviving structure of its kind still in existence on the national rail network, has won first place at the National Railway Heritage Awards. The Bittern Line Community...

A life size mock-up carriage of one of the new trains for the Liverpool City Region has taken on a new role this week at a college teaching rail engineers of the future. The full-scale mock-up of one of the...

Network Rail teams in York are giving up their Christmases to carry out essential work to upgrade the track north of York to make sure train services can continue running reliably for years to come. From 22:00 on Christmas Eve...

UPDATE 09/12/21 DUE TO THE RECENT GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT, WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO POSTPONE THIS EVENT UNTIL NEXT YEAR. HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS. This year’s Rail Staff Christmas Carol Service will once again take place at St Mary’s...

Progress on the manufacturing of safety doors for HS2 tunnels been made as Booth Industries, a Bolton based SME, opened its new purpose built facility where the doors will be built. Today they welcomed HS2 CEO, Mark Thurston,...

Work is now complete to protect railway journeys on the West Coast main line after moving land was secured between Milton Keynes and Birmingham. Torrential rain from Storm Christoph in January this year caused ground beneath the railway lines to...

A £1.4m project to strengthen and re-paint a railway bridge in Paisley will begin next month. Network Rail will carry out the work from January 10 until the end of April 2022, to infill a vacant building next to the...

Birmingham Ladywood MP, Shabana Mahmood, has visited HS2’s Curzon Street Station site to see for herself how Eastside is being transformed in readiness for the arrival of HS2 and the city’s brand-new intercity terminus station. The visit, hosted by HS2...

Avanti West Coast website is awarded accreditation for being accessible to people with a range of disabilities.  Avanti West Coast becomes first train operator to be recognised for accessible website Avanti West Coast website awarded Shaw Trust Accessibility AccreditationWeb content accessible...

Network Rail has been announced as the winner of this year’s Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) Disability Confident Award, demonstrating its commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive employer for all. The awards – with a judging panel comprising...