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Bristol Temple Meads is being transformed and the railway serving the area upgraded – paving the way for more train services to move more people, more reliably.

Great Western Railway (GWR) will send the ‘Captain Tom Centennial’ on an epic journey as part of the Captain Tom 100 challenge.

A new ticket office at Taunton Station has welcomed travellers for the first time, marking a significant milestone in the completion of the multimillion-pound station regeneration project.

Great Western Railway (GWR) will operate a Rail Replacement Service along the Cornish Branch line route between St Erth and St Ives during the G7 summit in June. 

Longer trains and some additional train services are to be provided from Monday to help people returning to rail travel as part of the government’s lockdown easing roadmap to do so safely and with confidence.

Plans to carry out track improvement and platform extension work will see the railway line between Barnstaple and Crediton closed for nine days this April.

Guildford is set for railway improvement works this Easter, taking another step towards achieving more frequent weekday services on the North Downs line to Gatwick Airport.

Train operator GWR has opened a new bicycle hub at Newbury station capable of housing 230 bikes, with capacity for another 100 due by the end of the year.

Train operator GWR has opened a new bicycle hub at Didcot Parkway station capable of housing 600 bikes.

Train services between Westbury and Taunton will be amended over the Easter period to allow for track renewal and essential maintenance to be carried out.

The Great Western Railway (GWR) ‘Rail to Refuge’ scheme has helped more than 150 adults and 70 children flee domestic abuse by providing free rail travel.

In the driver’s seat: Council leader Tudor Evans got a taste of life in the hot seat testing the new train driver simulator at Plymouth’s station, following the relocation of the facility.