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Professional drivers targeted in new level crossing safety programme
Network Rail has launched a nationwide awareness programme targeting motorists who drive for a living. Aimed at reducing the number of incidents at level crossings involving professional drivers, the programme will educate them on the safe use of level crossings.
Major investment at Nottingham Station
Nottingham station’s brand-new Southern Concourse has officially opened to the public today. This impressive new concourse, which is a bold and modern addition to the station, will enhance the passenger experience and interchange with different forms of transport, connecting trains, the multi-storey car park and Nottingham’s tram network, when construction of two new tram lines to Chilwell and Clifton is completed and the expanded system opens to the public.
Improved facilities at newly refurbished Whaley Bridge station
Passengers are benefiting from a range of new and better facilities at the newly refurbished Whaley Bridge station. Network Rail has worked with Whaley Bridge Town Council and the Friends of Whaley Bridge to deliver the improvements which were officially opened today.
Road closures signal vital rail improvements in Selby and Knottingley
Motorists and residents in the Selby and Knottingley areas are being made aware of a series of road closures and diversions, from mid to late May, to allow for essential improvement work to signals and level crossings.
Passenger forum to take place at Waterloo Station
Passengers are invited to join a cross section of managers from the South West Trains – Network Rail Alliance for the third passenger forum at the UK’s busiest station, London Waterloo on Tuesday 20 May.
Network Rail £7m upgrade at Colchester station
Rail passengers travelling on the busy Great Eastern Main Line can look forward to more reliable journeys as a major programme to renew ageing infrastructure starts this May.
Rare artefacts unearthed along Thameslink London
Medieval floors, 16th century tobacco pipes and thousand-year-old timbers are just a few of the hundreds of artefacts that have been unearthed and preserved by Network Rail as the £6.5billion Thameslink Programme to transform travel to and through London continues with the rebuild of London’s oldest railway station, London Bridge.
Network Rail announces 2014-19 track delivery partners
Network Rail has today announced the preferred bidders for the delivery of its £800m conventional track renewals and enhancements programme for the 2014-19 funding period, as well as a change to the way the company’s growing ‘high output’ track programme will be delivered.
Passengers reminded to plan journeys ahead of Watford railway upgrade
Passengers are being reminded to check for changes to their journey before travelling over the bank holiday weekend as Network Rail prepares for the first closure of the railway at Watford.
Temporary road closures as £400m electrification project enters Chorley and Bolton
Work will start next month to rebuild a number of bridges in Chorley and Bolton as part of a £400m electrification programme to provide a better railway across the north of England.
New rail investment delivery agreement tested in the north of England
Network Rail, Northern Rail and First TransPennine Express (FTPE) have signed a formal collaboration agreement aimed at putting value for passengers at the heart of the rail improvements planned for the rail network in the north of England over the next five years.
Carlisle passengers to benefit from better station access
Passengers using Carlisle station are benefitting from a £1.8 million investment to provide step-free access to platforms for the first time.