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Major accessibility upgrades coming to Tenby Station providing step-free access to both platforms for the first time

Nov 14, 2025 | diversity, News, Trains, Transport

Passengers using the popular West Wales station are set to enjoy easier, more accessible journeys thanks to Network Rail’s upcoming upgrades. Supported by the Department for Transport’s Access for All programme, and the Welsh Government, the project will see the...

£1.4m upgrade complete: Conwy Valley line reopens after major resilience work

Oct 27, 2025 | News, Trains

Train services are running again on the Conwy Valley line after a £1.4 million programme to make the railway more reliable during extreme weather.The line between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Llandudno Junction reopened to passengers on Monday 27 October, following four...

Rail upgrade work between Leeds and York across Christmas and New Year period

Oct 20, 2025 | News, Trains, Transport

Upgrade work along the route between Leeds and York will continue over the Christmas period and throughout January to help deliver a faster, greener and more reliable railway as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade.Customers are being urged to plan their journeys...

One third of London Underground stations are now step-free, as work completes at Harrow-on-the-Hill

Mar 14, 2022 | News, Trains, Transport

New lifts installed at Zone 5 Metropolitan line station provide step-free access from street to trainHarrow-on-the Hill becomes London’s 91st step-free Tube station, meaning that a third of Underground stations are now step-freeLack of funding from the Government...

Historic Grade II Listed TfL Rail station no longer “at risk” after renovations return it to former glory

Feb 25, 2021 | conservation, Trains, Transport

Grade II listed Hanwell station will be removed from the Heritage at Risk Register by Historic England following extensive renovation work by Transport for London (TfL). The nineteenth-century station, which will be served by the Elizabeth line, has been upgraded to...

Siemens Mobility Limited to be awarded TfL contract to design and manufacture a new generation of Tube trains

Jun 18, 2018 | Trains, Transport

Siemens Mobility Limited to design and manufacture 94 new, state-of-the-art Deep Tube trains to serve the Piccadilly line The contract will facilitate multi-million pound investment in a factory in Goole, East Yorkshire, creating thousands of UK jobs This is the first...