#networkrail — Public Fediverse posts
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Colas Rail UK secures contract for work on new North Somerset railway line http://dlvr.it/TSm3qL #ColasRail #Infrastructure #NetworkRail #ParsonStreet
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Colas Rail UK secures contract for work on new North Somerset railway line http://dlvr.it/TSm3qL #ColasRail #Infrastructure #NetworkRail #ParsonStreet
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Colas Rail UK secures contract for work on new North Somerset railway line http://dlvr.it/TSm3qL #ColasRail #Infrastructure #NetworkRail #ParsonStreet
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Colas Rail UK secures contract for work on new North Somerset railway line http://dlvr.it/TSm3qL #ColasRail #Infrastructure #NetworkRail #ParsonStreet
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Colas Rail UK secures contract for work on new North Somerset railway line http://dlvr.it/TSm3qL #ColasRail #Infrastructure #NetworkRail #ParsonStreet
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Colas Rail UK secures contract for work on new North Somerset railway line http://dlvr.it/TSm1zx #ColasRail #Infrastructure #NetworkRail #ParsonStreet
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Colas Rail UK secures contract for work on new North Somerset railway line http://dlvr.it/TSm1zx #ColasRail #Infrastructure #NetworkRail #ParsonStreet
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Colas Rail UK secures contract for work on new North Somerset railway line http://dlvr.it/TSm1zx #ColasRail #Infrastructure #NetworkRail #ParsonStreet
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Colas Rail UK secures contract for work on new North Somerset railway line http://dlvr.it/TSm1zx #ColasRail #Infrastructure #NetworkRail #ParsonStreet
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Colas Rail UK secures contract for work on new North Somerset railway line http://dlvr.it/TSm1zx #ColasRail #Infrastructure #NetworkRail #ParsonStreet
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Midland Main Line upgrades allow larger freight trains to use routes http://dlvr.it/TSlPQ3 #Midlands #NetworkRail #RailNews #freight
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Midland Main Line upgrades allow larger freight trains to use routes http://dlvr.it/TSlPQ3 #Midlands #NetworkRail #RailNews #freight
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Midland Main Line upgrades allow larger freight trains to use routes http://dlvr.it/TSlPQ3 #Midlands #NetworkRail #RailNews #freight
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Midland Main Line upgrades allow larger freight trains to use routes http://dlvr.it/TSlPQ3 #Midlands #NetworkRail #RailNews #freight
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Midland Main Line upgrades allow larger freight trains to use routes http://dlvr.it/TSlPQ3 #Midlands #NetworkRail #RailNews #freight
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Midland Main Line upgrades allow larger freight trains to use routes http://dlvr.it/TSlNyD #Midlands #NetworkRail #RailNews #freight
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Midland Main Line upgrades allow larger freight trains to use routes http://dlvr.it/TSlNyD #Midlands #NetworkRail #RailNews #freight
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Midland Main Line upgrades allow larger freight trains to use routes http://dlvr.it/TSlNyD #Midlands #NetworkRail #RailNews #freight
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Midland Main Line upgrades allow larger freight trains to use routes http://dlvr.it/TSlNyD #Midlands #NetworkRail #RailNews #freight
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Midland Main Line upgrades allow larger freight trains to use routes http://dlvr.it/TSlNyD #Midlands #NetworkRail #RailNews #freight
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Transport for Wales rebrands train to support the Urdd Eisteddfod http://dlvr.it/TShLDT #Class197 #Network #NetworkRail #RailNews
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Transport for Wales rebrands train to support the Urdd Eisteddfod http://dlvr.it/TShLDT #Class197 #Network #NetworkRail #RailNews
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Transport for Wales rebrands train to support the Urdd Eisteddfod http://dlvr.it/TShLDT #Class197 #Network #NetworkRail #RailNews
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Transport for Wales rebrands train to support the Urdd Eisteddfod http://dlvr.it/TShLDT #Class197 #Network #NetworkRail #RailNews
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Transport for Wales rebrands train to support the Urdd Eisteddfod http://dlvr.it/TShLDT #Class197 #Network #NetworkRail #RailNews
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Transport for Wales rebrands train to support the Urdd Eisteddfod http://dlvr.it/TShKw3 #Class197 #Network #NetworkRail #RailNews
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Transport for Wales rebrands train to support the Urdd Eisteddfod http://dlvr.it/TShKw3 #Class197 #Network #NetworkRail #RailNews
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Transport for Wales rebrands train to support the Urdd Eisteddfod http://dlvr.it/TShKw3 #Class197 #Network #NetworkRail #RailNews
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Transport for Wales rebrands train to support the Urdd Eisteddfod http://dlvr.it/TShKw3 #Class197 #Network #NetworkRail #RailNews
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Transport for Wales rebrands train to support the Urdd Eisteddfod http://dlvr.it/TShKw3 #Class197 #Network #NetworkRail #RailNews
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Signaller who ‘forgot’ about oncoming Manchester train ‘had just four-and-a-half hours sleep’ before 80mph horror crash
Six people were injured when the 8.30am Manchester to Cardiff service slammed into a loaded agricultural trailer Adam…
#Manchester #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #GreatBritain #NetworkRail #PiccadillyTrainStation #TrafficandTravel #Trains
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/977295/ Signaller who ‘forgot’ about oncoming Manchester train ‘had just four-and-a-half hours sleep’ before 80mph horror crash #Britain #England #GreatBritain #Manchester #NetworkRail #PiccadillyTrainStation #TrafficAndTravel #Trains #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Manchester Evening News: Number one for news, opinion, sport & celebrity news [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Signaller who 'forgot' about oncoming Manchester train 'had just four-and-a-half hours sleep' before 80mph horror crash
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/?p=974151 London Euston passengers advised to check before travelling on Spring bank holiday weekend #Britain #engineering #England #GreatBritain #infrastructure #london #Media #NetworkRail #News #photo #press #PressRelease #Rail #Railway #stations #train #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/?p=41989 London Euston passengers advised to check before travelling on Spring bank holiday weekend #engineering #infrastructure #London #Media #NetworkRail #News #photo #press #PressRelease #Rail #railway #stations #train
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Severn Tunnel shuts THIS SATURDAY for three weeks — and with half-term looming, here’s what south Wales rail passengers need to know right now
If you’re planning to travel by train between south Wales and Bristol this half-term, stop what you’re doing and read this first.
The Severn Tunnel closes this Saturday — 23 May — and does not reopen until the early hours of Tuesday 9 June. For more than two weeks, there will be no trains between Newport and Bristol Parkway. Replacement buses will run instead, and journey times will be significantly longer.
Great Western Railway and Network Rail are urging passengers to check their journey at GWR.com before travelling and allow extra time. The closure covers the entire May half-term holiday — one of the busiest travel weeks of the year — and there is no easy workaround.
A GWR train approaches the Severn Tunnel portal. The tunnel closes for upgrades from 23 May 2026.During most of the closure, some trains will continue to run between London and south Wales via Gloucester — a longer route, but still operational. That option disappears entirely on Sunday 24 May, the most restricted day of the entire closure. On that day, trains will run only between London Paddington and Bristol Parkway, and between Newport and Swansea or Carmarthen. If you need to get between south Wales and Bristol on Sunday 24 May, plan ahead now.
For passengers between Swansea, Llanelli and Carmarthen travelling to London, some Gloucester diversions will operate — but check individual services before you travel, as not all London trains will divert that way.
And don’t assume the disruption ends the moment the tunnel reopens. Services between south Wales and Bristol will continue to be affected until midday on Sunday 14 June — meaning the full window of disruption runs to nearly three weeks and two days.
Engineers working inside the Severn Tunnel
(Image: Network Rail)Engineers working inside the Severn Tunnel
(Image: Network Rail)So why is this happening? The short answer is that the Severn Tunnel has been quietly falling apart from the inside — and this closure is the fix.
The 4.35-mile tunnel runs beneath the Severn Estuary, which makes it one of the most corrosive environments on the entire UK rail network. Moisture and saltwater eat through the overhead power system far faster than anywhere else on the network. Since electrification, the tunnel has needed increasingly frequent maintenance — and the risk of a serious failure has been growing.
Network Rail’s solution is a new overhead wiring system using a single 7km copper contact wire supported by specially designed bridge arms, engineered to withstand exactly the conditions that have been destroying its predecessor. They describe the installation at this scale as a world first.
The numbers involved are staggering. Engineers will replace 838 bridge arms inside the tunnel, renew 9,000 metres of overhead wiring, and carry out track, drainage and infrastructure works in the Bristol and Patchway areas — all within the closure window, working around the clock.
Network Rail engineers work on the overhead power system at the Severn Tunnel entrance, using rail-mounted elevated work platforms, as part of the major upgrade taking place between 23 May and 9 June 2026. (Image: Network Rail)Nia Watkins, Regional Asset Manager at Network Rail Wales and Borders, said the upgrade would transform the reliability of the route. “This complex and highly coordinated upgrade is being delivered at a world-first scale across the tunnel’s full length — making the railway more resilient and reducing the risk of future disruption for passengers and freight,” she said.
Marcus Deegan, GWR’s Station Manager at Bristol Parkway, said staff would be on hand throughout to help passengers find their way. “We know that bus replacement services are a significant ask of passengers, and we’re genuinely grateful for their patience,” he said. “The most important thing anyone can do right now is check their journey in advance at GWR.com and allow a little extra time.”
Alongside the Severn Tunnel work, Network Rail will also carry out upgrades serving the new Bristol Brabazon station — due to open on the former Filton airfield site later this year. The station will bring passenger services back to the Henbury line for the first time since 1964.
Once this upgrade is complete, the tunnel should be significantly more reliable — with less routine maintenance needed and a much lower risk of the kind of unplanned failures that have disrupted passengers in recent years. The pain of the next three weeks is the price of that improvement.
Full journey planning advice and live travel updates are available at GWR.com. Passengers can also call the Network Rail national helpline on 03457 11 41 41.
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/?p=968859 Reminder: Britain’s railway open for business this late May bank holiday – but passengers should check before they travel #Britain #delays #Disruption #EngineeringWork #England #GreatBritain #MayBankHoliday #NetworkRail #NorthernIreland #Scotland #track #Trains #Travel #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/?p=39807 Reminder: Britain’s railway open for business this late May bank holiday – but passengers should check before they travel #Britain #delays #disruption #EngineeringWork #MayBankHoliday #NetworkRail #track #trains #Travel
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/39756/ UK: First Phase of Mid Cornwall Metro Services Officially Begin #MidCornwallMetro #NetworkRail #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Oh, summer #train #timetables start today, not that any GB service operators are going to tell you here (or even on Bluesky)…
Bizarrely worded #NetworkRail article: “[changes] apply to the 8 train operators in public ownership”, but #ScotRail and #TfWRail are omitted from the list, and even that it is a standardised date when •all• timetables change.
#GBRail, integrated much? 🤷♂️🙃
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Oh, summer #train #timetables start today, not that any GB service operators are going to tell you here (or even on Bluesky)…
Bizarrely worded #NetworkRail article: “[changes] apply to the 8 train operators in public ownership”, but #ScotRail and #TfWRail are omitted from the list, and even that it is a standardised date when •all• timetables change.
#GBRail, integrated much? 🤷♂️🙃
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Oh, summer #train #timetables start today, not that any GB service operators are going to tell you here (or even on Bluesky)…
Bizarrely worded #NetworkRail article: “[changes] apply to the 8 train operators in public ownership”, but #ScotRail and #TfWRail are omitted from the list, and even that it is a standardised date when •all• timetables change.
#GBRail, integrated much? 🤷♂️🙃
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Oh, summer #train #timetables start today, not that any GB service operators are going to tell you here (or even on Bluesky)…
Bizarrely worded #NetworkRail article: “[changes] apply to the 8 train operators in public ownership”, but #ScotRail and #TfWRail are omitted from the list, and even that it is a standardised date when •all• timetables change.
#GBRail, integrated much? 🤷♂️🙃
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/966353/ North Wales rail service delays after engineering works not finished #Britain #GreatBritain #Holyhead #NetworkRail #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales
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GWR resumes Bristol to Oxford direct trains – full timings confirmed
It’s been decades since the last direct service between the two cities ran Aled Thomas, Local Democracy Reporting…
#Bristol #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #GreatBritain #NetworkRail #Politics
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/?p=961127 A place to pause as five Breathing Space benches installed in Scotland #Britain #engineering #GreatBritain #infrastructure #Media #NetworkRail #News #photo #press #PressRelease #Rail #Railway #Scotland #stations #train #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Great Western Railway to be nationalised this year
“I’m sure everyone in the West who – like me – catches the train will welcome this news”…
#Bristol #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #BathandNorthEastSomerset #Britain #FirstGroup #GreatBritain #GreatWesternRailway #Henbury #MetroMayor #NetworkRail #Portishead #SouthGloucestershire #Transport #WestofEnglandCombinedAuthority
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/946706/ Great Western Railway to be nationalised this year #BathAndNorthEastSomerset #Bristol #Britain #England #FirstGroup #GreatBritain #GreatWesternRailway #Henbury #MetroMayor #NetworkRail #Portishead #SouthGloucestershire #Transport #UK #UnitedKingdom #WestOfEnglandCombinedAuthority
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/?p=946330 Innovative Severn Tunnel upgrade to transform key rail link between South Wales and England #Britain #engineering #GreatBritain #infrastructure #Media #NetworkRail #News #photo #press #PressRelease #Rail #Railway #stations #train #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales
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Report into fatal Wiltshire collision highlights risks to hearing-impaired crossing users http://dlvr.it/TSRMjN #LevelCrossing #Network #NetworkRail #Pewsey