We’re frequently asked why we schedule big engineering projects for bank holiday weekends. We plan these large-scale works for certain times so they cause the least disruption to your journeys. These include bank holidays, Sundays and overnight. Trains run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so there’s never a convenient time to close … Continued
Our teams across Britain are preparing to deliver essential upgrades and maintenance over the August bank holiday to improve your journeys. We plan big engineering works for certain times so they cause the least disruption, such as on bank holidays, Sundays and overnight. Read more about why we do this here. We know delays are … Continued
Our teams have just completed our latest bout of bank holiday engineering works to maintain and upgrade the railway for better journeys for passengers and freight operators. The wide-ranging projects included track renewals, improvements to drainage and preparations for one of our biggest upcoming projects – East West Rail. Tim Shoveller, managing director for Network … Continued
This August bank holiday, we carried out significant improvements at London King’s Cross as part of a broader £1.2bn upgrade of the East Coast Main Line. They included transferring some of the area’s signalling to a state-of-the-art facility in York. Across Britain, we’re aiming to bring signallers into modern centres of excellence and allow the … Continued