We take great pride in protecting and maintaining iconic structures across the railway. We’re in the final stages of refurbishing the world-famous Forth Bridge near Edinburgh. Here’s how … What we did Our teams and contractor, Balfour Beatty, are currently refurbishing and repainting the North Queensferry approach span of the bridge. We began work in … Continued
Five highlights from the early May Bank Holiday upgrades We successfully delivered 550 upgrade projects over the early May Bank Holiday. The entirety of our work was worth £70m and provided essential railway upgrades for you and our freight partners. Here are five of the highlights from this huge scope of work. 1. … Continued
We’ll carry out 550 projects over the early May bank holiday. Most of the railway will stay open but our works will affect some routes so please check before you travel with National Rail Enquiries or your train operator. We also ask that you wear a face covering if you can as a courtesy to … Continued
We’re well on our way to completing section two of the new Dawlish sea wall in Devon. It will make this section of railway more resilient to severe weather – and mean a safer railway for you and the people who live nearby. We’ve faced many challenges building this bigger, better defence, but how have … Continued
The railway is vital to Britain’s economy and acts as a ‘steel spine’ It helps create jobs and business opportunities so we work with the rest of the rail industry and our partners to help keep the economy on track. Here’s how … Working with freight: Rail freight contributes almost £2.5bn to our economy and … Continued
We’re getting ready for £83m of upgrades this Easter bank holiday. A total of 530 upgrade projects between Friday 15 April to Monday 18 April will help us improve the railway for you. Most of the railway will stay open as usual but the works will affect some areas. Please check before you travel with National Rail … Continued
Glasgow Queen Street station – the site one of our biggest improvement projects – is 181 years old this month. We’ve completed a huge upgrade of the Victorian station in October 2021. It’s given you a contemporary and fully accessible building, a bigger concourse, new facilities and longer platforms for longer trains. The £120m redevelopment … Continued
We’ve been busy improving the railway in Bristol – and Bristol Temple Meads station – to give you better journeys. It’s a big job, ranging from refurbishing the station’s roof to upgrading a major junction. Here’s a rundown of what we’ve done to date … Bristol East Junction upgrade We completed an upgrade to Bristol … Continued
We’ve just completed £90m of August bank holiday improvements to give you better journeys. Here’s what our teams got up to … Soham’s new station inches closer We reached a major milestone for the new railway station in Soham in Cambridgeshire. We connected the developing station at Soham to the wider signalling network This will allow … Continued
We’re upgrading a major junction near Bristol Temple Meads station this summer to give you better journeys. The work – between 10 July and 3 September – is an important part of our Bristol Rail Regeneration to improve Bristol Temple Meads and the surrounding area. It follows a huge project in the Bristol and Bath … Continued