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Network Rail is about to begin a major four-year package of work to modernise 1980s track and signalling on the lines into London Victoria station.    The upgrades will improve reliability on the network, helping even more passenger and freight...

Pipped to be the oldest apprentice in the UKWith National Apprenticeship Week in full swing, GTR unveils its diverse fold of apprentices; setting out ambitious targets to help close the skills gap by 2022 This National Apprenticeship Week, rail operator Govia Thameslink...

‘Build the Future’ is the theme marking the 14th annual celebration of apprenticeships and HS2 is showing its support by recruiting more young talent onto Europe’s biggest engineering project. Britain’s new railway has already supported 518 new apprentice starts and...

A popular footpath which runs between Hessle and North Ferriby has reopened following the completion of major work to protect a nearby railway embankment from coastal erosion. Since March 2020, a section of the Hessle Foreshore footpath has been temporarily...

HS2 has revealed the final design for the latest of its ‘barn design’ headhouses that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the ten-mile long Chiltern tunnel. Set into a fold in the Chiltern hills near Chalfont St Giles, the...

Train operator Great Western Railway has devised another set of brain-teasing questions to help home-schooling parents keep their children educated and #enterTrained. Youngsters are being encouraged to take a ride on the GWR Brain Train and test their knowledge of...

Cyclists using Marks Tey rail station are set to benefit from more secure cycle parking, with an extra 200 spaces now available. The secure facilities will help to prevent bike theft as they can only be accessed using one of...

Passenger journeys are being made more reliable with railway drainage upgrade work underway in Greater Manchester. A £1.3m Great North Rail Project investment will see a new pumping station installed in Timperley and 300 metres of new track drainage installed to...

£31million Feltham station upgrade completed with extended platforms, new pedestrian and cycle bridge and step-free entranceClosure of Feltham West level crossing has enhanced the safety of local community£375 million project to replace older signalling by 2024 continues, improving reliability...

Transport for Wales is delighted to confirm that it has hit fleet availability targets every day for more than a year. In what has been one of the most turbulent years on record, the consistent approach in which enough trains...