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Upgrade work closes part of the Leeds to Manchester main line

Part of the main Leeds to Manchester railway is to close on weekdays for 5 weeks from October 21, with some trains diverted and replacement buses running.

New TransPennine consultation underway

A public consultation is underway over the next phase of the TransPennine Route Upgrade.

Rail Minister marks completion of £150m Hope Valley Railway Upgrade

Improved reliability promised on upgraded Manchester-Sheffield line

Disruption expected this weekend during East Coast Main Line upgrade

Changes planned for LNER, Lumo, Cross Country, TransPennine Express and Northern services as Network Rail replaces track at Darlington.

How BAM Nuttall is leading the race to net zero

Why this construction company took Rail's Environmental Excellence Award at the 2023 National Rail Awards...

EMR begins work on £35m Etches Park improvements

Work has commenced on a £35 million upgrade of East Midlands Railway’s Etches Park depot in Derby.

Southeastern gets smarter - and safer

Southeastern has begun design work on a standardised meeting room for many of its stations

Facelift for EMR Barton branch

East Midlands Railway is to spend more than £400,000 upgrading and refreshing all 12 stations along the Cleethorpes-Barton-on-Humber branch.

Nine-day blockade signals start of £95m upgrade

Part of the Portsmouth Main Line closed for nine days from February 12, at the start of a three-year, £95 million project to upgrade outdated signalling. 

NR report hails success of Christmas engineering work

Network Rail has commended its latest Christmas and New Year engineering period as a great success,

Official opening for Werrington dive-under

Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris officially opened the new Werrington Grade Separation and its dive-under on December 9. 

EMR begins £2 million Eastcroft depot upgrade

Work has begun on a £2 million project to upgrade East Midlands Railway’s Eastcroft train depot in Nottingham.

Track relaying removes Bristol Temple Meads bottleneck

Network Rail has completed upgrade work at Bristol East Junction, to remove a bottleneck leading into Bristol Temple Meads station. 

£117 million makeover for AWC’s Pendolino fleet

25,000 new seats, cafe bars and free water refill taps are among the highlights of a major upgrade to Avanti’s West Coast’s fleet of Class 390 Pendolinos

Transpennine upgrade to start

Passengers in the Manchester area are being reminded to check for possible disruption as the Transpennine Route Upgrade gets under way. 

Sheffield unveils ambitious new rail strategy

New railway, tram-train extensions, new stations and route upgrades to improve connectivity at heart of ambitious plans for Sheffield

EXCLUSIVE: Nervous operators force Network Rail to defer King’s Cross plan

King's Cross upgrade delayed with new dates being considered

National Rail Awards 2018: Customer service excellence winner: Merseyrail, Merseytravel & Network Rail – Wirral Loop Line track renewal

Trans-Pennine upgrade to include electrification

Proposed route upgrade will include wires - a year after extensions to Swansea, the Lake District and northern section of the Midland Main Line were cancelled

Eight-week closure at Lime Street for station upgrade

Eight-week blockade of Liverpool Lime Street station underway