The Latest Breaking News from Network Rail

Major West Coast main line overhaul to shut Europe’s busiest track for weeks at a time

The work coincides with the closure of a busy motorway – what is being done, why, and how disruptive will it be?

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

Police hunt man who caused £550k worth of train delays after climbing onto tracks

The trespasser caused 16 trains to be cancelled, and a further 54 to be partially cancelled

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2025

South Western train derailed at 85mph after hitting ‘hazardous’ piece of track

Unsupervised workers left a section of ‘redundant rail’ on the line, an accident report found

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2025

Network Rail fined £3.75m for health and safety breaches that led to death of track workers

Gareth Delbridge and Michael ‘Spike’ Lewis died after being hit by a train near Port Talbot in July 2019

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025

TfL 'wants to double' number of Elizabeth line trains serving Heathrow airport Terminal 5

At present, only two ‘Lizzie line’ trains an hour arrive at and depart from the biggest of Heathrow’s terminals

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025

Trains restart after suspected drink-driver crashes on to tracks in Salford

National Rail says incident will continue to cause major disruption to services between Manchester and Liverpool

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025

Liverpool-Manchester train line closed after car plummets onto rail track

Affected train services include Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025

OPINION - Is King's Cross trying to make me cry? This departure board plan is frankly sadistic

One of the countless ways in which humanity is divided is evident at any railway station, viz, between those who turn up for their journey nice and early and those who, try as they may, end up running for the train. I am one of the bad ‘uns; try as…

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

Anger at King’s Cross plan to remove trains from departure boards earlier – here’s how you can beat it

Network Rail is trialling final boarding calls for long-distance trains ‘so people don’t rush’

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025

Commuter anger as trains vanish from London King's Cross departure boards early

A trial has been launched at King’s Cross in a bid to ease the last-minute rush of passengers running to reach their trains

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025