General Interest

Network Rail is completing planned engineering works along the mainline between Didcot and Swindon which means GWR trains will need to use alternative routes to serve Bristol and South Wales.  There is also planned engineering works in the Paddington area...

Network Rail teams will be carrying out essential track lowering work near Loughborough this weekend as part of wider multi-million-pound Midland Main Line improvements. Passengers are being urged to check before they travel while teams work on Saturday 22 March...

Rail Partners, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) and the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) hosted a fleet cyber security conference yesterday in Birmingham. The conference focused on how the rail industry is already responding to increasing cyber security...

Network Rail is advising passengers that the Inverclyde lines will remain closed for engineering works tomorrow with train services resuming on Thursday, March 20. Engineers are completing work to renew a critical junction in Port Glasgow, with a 24-hour extension...

The two halves of the Great Central Railway – one in Leicestershire, the other in Nottinghamshire – are coming together for a special joint event on the 5th and 6th of April that will give visitors a glimpse into...

A massive mound of rubbish has been displayed at London King’s Cross to highlight the scourge of fly-tipping on the railway. The stark installation appeared at the station today (Tuesday 18 March) to mark Global Recycling Day. It is constructed...

Leading provider of intelligent train technology, Petards Rail, took home two awards at Insider Media’s Made in the North East Awards 2025 on Thursday 13 March, 2025. The Gateshead-based manufacturer of CCTV systems and software that supports safety and efficiency...

Network Rail and South Western Railway (SWR) engineers have discovered tunnels and rooms from a bygone era underneath Salisbury station. The discovery of this secret world beneath the station came about as part of the ongoing £5.3 million station forecourt...

Network Rail has worked with the Railway Heritage Trust (RHT) to restore the site of a time capsule at Hambleton, near Selby. On Tuesday 11 March, teams from Network Rail, RHT and former British Rail colleagues unveiled a newly restored...

The arrival of HS2 in west London is creating a new development “hotspot” in the capital and driving a £10 billion boost to the local economy, according to new research. The study, commissioned by HS2 Ltd, shows that construction of...