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 completed about 300 essential maintenance and improvement projects over Christmas and New Year to give you a better railway for the long term. They ranged from track renewals to overhead line equipment replacements and the introduction of new, digital signalling systems. It’s vital that we carry out these sorts of works across Britain to … 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
The railway touches most communities in Britain, which means we have millions of neighbours who live close to the tracks and other infrastructure. We care about how our work on the railway affects those who live and work nearby. What does this work involve, how do we try to minimise any disruption to you and how … 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