Heathrow Airport’s western rail link put on hold
Plans for a western rail link to Heathrow Aiport have been paused by Network Rail.
Plans for a western rail link to Heathrow Aiport have been paused by Network Rail.
A new ticket office building has opened at Kidbrooke station in southeast London, replacing a small brick building that used to be on the site.
Peckham Rye station, a cramped building with lots of narrow staircases could get a radical upgrade if plans by Network Rail are approved.
Due to signalling and track upgrades, Network Rail has announced a large number of weekend closures on the railway between East Croydon and Victoria.
Plans to build a western rail link to Heathrow Airport have been delayed by several years due to the current financial situation.
An annual exhibition of award-winning landscape photography opened recently inside London Bridge station.
The work of the iconic designers of post-war Britain is the topic of a new exhibition, not just looking back at her work, but forward as she has designed a new font to be used by Network Rail.
Network Rail has announced plans for a £2.6 million refurbishment of Balham railway station in South London.
To help people who have mobility needs get around the railway, live travel information about Network Rail stations will soon include information about the status of lifts and escalators.
Network Rail’s project to increase the number of tracks at King’s Cross station is going to cause a lot of disruption over the year ahead and they’ve outlined the dates to avoid the station.
A heads up to people planning a trip, as King’s Cross station will be closed on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September 2020.
An early warning, but anyone who commutes into Waterloo might want to grab the Christmas holiday slots at work before anyone else does.
Network Rail has started a trial of full-colour, high-definition customer information display at London Waterloo station that’s designed to be easier to read from a distance.
Crossrail is likely to need an additional £140 million to complete its surface railway works, a Ministerial written statement has confirmed.
A railway arch on the approach of Millwall football club has been given a makeover by the artist Lionel Stanhope the style he has popularised.
Network Rail is warning that there will not be any trains in or out of London King’s Cross, and no Thameslink services via Finsbury Park, on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st June.
East Croydon station could be moving to a new location if plans for a major railway upgrade in the area are approved, and funding found.
We’re all supposed to be avoiding rail travel anyway, but you should really avoid London Euston station in the evenings next week, and especially next Thursday.
Network Rail is warning that it will be closing a section of railway in south-east London for 9 days in late July for upgrade works.
Not far from the south side of Heathrow, at Feltham, a new railway depot is being built, to increase capacity on the Waterloo to Reading and Windsor lines.
Rail franchises are to be suspended for the next six months due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the train operating companies offered a London Overground style operating license.
Down the end of the main corridor that runs under London Bridge station at the far end can be found a giant soft train set to play in.
The government has announced that seven London railway stations will be part of a wider package of improvements to accessibility.
A planned rail link from Heathrow heading out towards Reading and beyond has an uncertain future due to a funding dispute.