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Late May bank holiday works in numbers 

Bank holidays are important times for us to carry out major upgrades and regular maintenance. They’re part of our mission improve train journeys for you and our freight partners.   Here’s a rundown of what we got up to over the late May bank holiday weekend … £60m Our investment in our most recent bank … Continued

What are bank holiday engineering works? 

Many of our vital maintenance and upgrades projects take place over bank holiday weekends.  But what do we usually get up to? What are these engineering works? And how do you mean a better railway for you?  Here’s a short rundown of some of work we typically get up to during these holidays …  Major … Continued

Early May Bank Holiday upgrades – five highlights

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

Early May bank holiday works

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

Easter bank holiday upgrades

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

Christmas and New Year engineering works complete

We’ve just completed hundreds of Christmas and New Year projects across Britain’s railway to give you better and more reliable journeys for the long term. Find out what we got up to over the festive period … Eastern region Our Eastern region runs from the borders of Scotland to London. Here, we completed the biggest … Continued

August bank holiday engineering works complete

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

Easter bank holiday engineering works complete

We just completed more than £100m of vital railway upgrades and maintenance projects over the this Easter weekend to give you better journeys across Britain. Our teams carried out 600 projects around the country between Friday 2 and Monday 5 April 2021. They included vital improvements to give you better and more reliable train services for … Continued

Easter rail works – spotlight on Greater London

We look at our bank holiday plans in London as we count down to our huge Easter railway works. They range from essential improvements to signalling to keep your journeys safe and reliable to work that will help us get ready for a brand-new station for the capital. Our Easter works around Britain will take … Continued

Easter rail works – spotlight on East Coast Upgrade

This Easter bank holiday our team will work hard to make more progress on the £1.2bn East Coast Upgrade. The huge project will give you more trains and quicker journeys along the East Coast Main Line, which runs from London to Edinburgh via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle. Our Easter works around Britain will … Continued

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