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Major railway line closed for 'vital' works as replacement busses announced

A MAJOR railway line will be closed for several weekends with a replacement bus service in place as “vital” improvement work is carried out ...

The National (Scotland)

Rail passengers face nine weekends of woe as trains between London and Scotland are axed

Avanti trains at Euston affected over Easter and May bank holiday weekend, while Victoria will be part-closed over Easter

Evening Standard

More than two in three would appreciate being checked on when struggling – poll

The survey of 2,085 UK adults was commissioned by charity Samaritans.

Evening Standard

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London 'health hazard' railway bridge clean-up demanded after mysterious orange substance leak

Orange substance said to contain coliform bacteria and E.coli

Evening Standard

Network Rail fined £3.41m over track worker death

Tyler Byrne, from Aldershot, Hampshire, was working on tracks for Network Rail in Surbiton in February 2021 when he was struck and killed by a train.

Evening Standard

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

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

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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

Railway trespasser jailed after causing 1,000 Waterloo trains to be cancelled or delayed at cost of £1.2m

Man evaded police for several days but now faces 18 months in prison

Evening Standard

Tragedy ‘must never be repeated’ say families of track workers struck by train

Network Rail was fined almost £4 million after the deaths of Gareth Delbridge and Michael ‘Spike’ Lewis on the tracks near Port Talbot in 2019.

Evening Standard

Rail strikes, fare rises and broken signals: Why train passengers nationwide are facing continued misery this year

Exclusive: State-run Northern Rail has cancelled an average of 142 trains per day so far this year

The Independent UK

Network Rail fined £3.75m after deaths of two track workers

Gareth Delbridge, 64, and Michael Lewis, 58, were hit by a train while working for Network Rail near Margam, Port Talbot, in July 2019.

The Independent UK

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

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

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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 Independent UK

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

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

Evening Standard

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…

The Independent UK

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’

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Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

‘So patronising’: rail bosses spark anger by hiding train departure times

Scheme aimed at stopping platform dashes sees schedules deleted from boards three minutes before departure

The Independent UK

Network Rail tells staff to stop saying passenger in bid to 'speak customer's language’

Switching ‘passenger’ to ‘you’ makes for more conversational communication, Network Rail says

Evening Standard

Railway fully reopened across Scotland following Storm Eowyn

Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop praised Network Rail staff for working in ‘difficult circumstances’ to clear all routes.

Evening Standard

Inquiry into Stonehaven derailment which killed three could last 12 weeks

The incident occurred during torrential rain in August 2020.

The Independent UK

Elizabeth line train speeding 20mph over limit due to 'dirty' sign left passengers shaken

Travelling at almost double the speed limit caused the train to ‘jolt sideways’

Evening Standard

Thousands still without power after damage caused by Storm Eowyn

More than 180,000 Scottish homes had lost power at the peak of the storm at the weekend.

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