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
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
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 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
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