🙌 Over 400 projects complete.
💠 Crystal-clear progress at a London junction upgrade.
🔦 And we go back inside one of our most challenging environments - the Severn Tunnel.
It's the Week on the Network bank holiday special:
👉
#WeekOnTheNetwork
🚄 📦 A boost for rail freight as we cut prices for new traffic flows.
We've offered train operators the chance to gain discounts on their track access charges to encourage new business to the railway, particularly freight:
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#FreightFriday
✨Introducing: Harry's Wall ✨
🍉 Harry Styles fans have been visiting our 183-year-old Twemlow Viaduct in Holmes Chapel & leaving messages on the irreplaceable bricks.
🍒We've built fans a new wall with blank panels to sign instead.
More:
🎈Happy birthday to Royal Border Bridge, which Queen Victoria officially opened on this day back in 1850.
🌉 Did you know the bridge is actually located entirely in England?
➡️
#RoyalBorderBridge
#Birthday
.
@LEGO_Group
is a great way to get children interested in STEM.
👀 Need more fun, educational activities to keep children entertained during the summer holidays? 📝
Look no further:
👉
#STEM
👷 🏗️ We worked on more than 440 projects across Britain this bank holiday weekend.
🚄 All to improve train performance and reliability for you and freight:
➡️
#AugustRailWorks
🛤️ This weekend we've been carrying out track renewals between Newport and Cardiff to help make the railway more reliable.
Find out how we look after one of our biggest assets - track:
➡️
#Track
#AugustRailWorks
🚧👷👷♀️ Our engineers are making great progress on the major upgrade at the busy Crystal Palace junction, which controls the movement of trains in and out of the station.
🔨🔧 We’re replacing 5 sets of switches and crossings, the moveable rails that allow trains to change lines,
🐶 🐾 This
#InternationalDogDay
we celebrate our canine colleagues across the railway!
Our furry team mates at
@BTP
help officers keep us all safe while sniffer dogs help track down metal thieves who cause major delays to your journeys:
👉
🚂⚒️Works are well underway as we improve the line through
#Crystalpalace
until Sun 1 Sep
👷♂️👷♀️Teams are replacing 1500m of track and upgrading signalling to improve passenger journeys
👨💻ℹ️Please check
@SouthernRailUK
for the latest travel information
🚄 Train services to and from King's Cross will be affected this weekend, as we carry out important digital signalling testing
🚉 As part of
@_ECDP
testing brand-new signalling equipment on the East Coast Main Line
⬇️This video explains more about the work we're doing
👷👷♀️Work is taking place this weekend to improve track, drainage and signalling in
#Crewe
ℹ️ Why not read more about projects being delivered this bank holiday weekend here?
🚄 Are you planning a trip by train today?
Don't forget to check before you travel with
@nationalrailenq
.
We're carrying out hundreds of bank holiday engineering works to give you better journeys for the long term.
👉
#AugustRailWorks
🛤️ We're carrying out a major track upgrade in the Crystal Palace area this weekend.
Teams will replace five sets of switches and crossings and 1,500 metres of track with new equipment.
The work will help reduce train delays and improve your journeys. 🚄
#AugustRailWorks
We're renewing overhead line equipment in
#Wolverhampton
this weekend.
🔌 The gantries and wires you see from your train window carry 25,000 volts, allowing for faster, greener trains:
➡️
#AugustRailWorks
👷 Please check before you travel this bank holiday weekend.
Our teams are carrying out essential upgrades and maintenance to give you and freight a stronger, modern and more resilient railway:
👉
#AugustRailWorks
👷 This weekend, engineers will complete major track, drainage and signalling upgrades in Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe.
All to reduce delays and improve performance for you and freight services on the West Coast Main Line:
👉
#AugustRailWorks