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The Latest Breaking News from Network Rail

Plans to keep passengers moving and shelves stocked as rail strike looms

With 40,000 RMT members voting, union warns of ‘potentially biggest rail strike in modern history’

The Guardian - UK

Crisis talks to prevent empty supermarket shelves amid fears of railway strike

RMT ballot of 40,000 workers in protest over pay, compulsory redundancies and safety ends on Tuesday

Wales Online

Plan to prevent food shortages amid fears of ‘biggest rail strike in modern history’

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch warned that ‘a national rail strike will bring the country to a standstill’

The Independent UK

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Damaged cables spark delays on cross-border train services

Trains between Scotland and England were delayed on Friday due to overhead cable damage at Carstairs.

The Independent UK

‘Summer of discontent’ on trains as pay fails to rise with inflation, union warns

Threat comes as Tube stike to hit key stations on Queen’s Jubilee weekend

The Independent UK

Tube strikes and engineering work to disrupt Jubilee weekend trains

Manchester Victoria is the main station most affected by Network Rail projects between 2 and 5 June

The Independent UK

Railway worker left disabled after being crushed between 25-tonne conveyor and people carrier

Network Rail was fined £1.4 million for the incident

Manchester Evening News

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How did Potters Bar rail tragedy happen and how many died 20 years on

Potters Bar on the edge of the M25 has been the site of four rail crashes in the last 130 years - but the horrific tragedy of 2002 is the one that lives in the minds of current generations 20 years later

Daily Mirror

Multi-million pound investments to follow British Steel Network Rail contract win

Two year deal will see expansion of Scunthorpe site for storage and delivery services

Birmingham Post

Lanarkshire rail line reopens after two months of engineering works

Network Rail has thanked commuters for their patience after two months of disruption.

Daily Record

Why a giant floral display is appearing at Leeds Station this week

The project aims to 'challenge people's expectations of what Network Rail looks like', and provide signposts to services that can help improve wellbeing

Leeds Live

Colourful flower displays to adorn railway stations to boost passengers’ mental health

Network Rail hopes the installation will ‘lift people’s spirits’

The Independent UK

HS2 buys major Network Rail offices ahead of construction of new high speed train station

Square One is a former Parcelforce depot that was bought by Bruntwood in 2002

Birmingham Post

Railway stations to display flowers to boost passengers’ mental health

Network Rail said it hopes the floral installation will lift passengers’ spirits during their journeys.

The Independent UK

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Manchester Evening News

The tiny abandoned house in underground tunnel that train passengers may have missed

Railway workers used to have their lunch break inside the 'mess hut'

Daily Mirror

Secret tiny house hidden in tunnel under Liverpool 'extremely dangerous' to get inside

While the hub was closed for renovation works in 2017, one worker took a photograph of the spooky blackened house and chimney which is thought to be 100 years old

Liverpool Echo

Tiny underground house in tunnel beneath Liverpool

The eerie little house is believed to be more than a century old and extremely dangerous to get to

Evening Standard

Crossrail: Inside the mission control for London’s new Elizabeth Line

The entire Elizabeth line can be ‘run’ by a single signaller in the control centre

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Manchester Evening News

Cuts to rail funding increases risk of serious crash, union warns

"If the Network Rail cuts go ahead it will mean the loss of safety-critical jobs"

The Guardian - UK

Network Rail’s proposed cuts put passengers at risk, say unions

TUC says saving £100m a year on maintenance workforce could lead to more serious accidents

The Independent UK

Rail funding cuts will increase risk of serious crashes, warn unions

The TUC said it would be ‘impossible’ to make planned cuts without losing ‘safety-critical jobs’.

The Independent UK

Partner of blind charity worker hit by train calls for stations to be made safer

Cleveland Gervais fell from the platform of a south-east London station which had no tactile paving to indicate the edge.

The National (Scotland)

UK Government must act to avoid widespread rail strikes, says Scottish minister

A SCOTTISH minister has written to the UK Government urging it to do more to avoid a widespread strike by rail workers.

Manchester Evening News

'We're always being forced to accept second best' - Andy Burnham makes investment plea as he tours Manchester's train stations

The Mayor of Greater Manchester says the region is is being 'forced to accept second best' compared to other areas like London

The Independent UK

UK weather: Temperatures to hit 19C on bank holiday weekend as parts of country to see ‘wall-to-wall sunshine’

‘I think most of us will see some rain at some point in the three days,’ Met Office meteorologist says

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