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Singer-songwriter Chesney Hawkes joins Jenni Falconer for the first episode of the new series of Routes, the podcast from LNER.

Customers are expected to benefit from improved punctuality and even more reliable journeys – with new platforms, enhanced signalling, and technology designed to spot potential overhead line issues among more than 60 initiatives set out in a joint plan to boost performance.

For many LNER customers who travel through Newark Northgate station, 82-year-old Station Support Assistant Mike Boland will be a very familiar face.

The award-winning LNER travel podcast Routes returns for a third series on 7 July 2026, with broadcaster Jenni Falconer back as host and a standout line-up of guests sharing the journeys that have shaped their lives.

LNER is preparing for its first summer holiday season since introducing thousands of additional services and millions more seats each year through its transformational new timetable.

Meet LNER train driver Bond, Jamie Bond.

UPDATE: 24 June 2026, 16.00

As extremely high temperatures continue to be forecast, LNER is extending the below advice. Customers are strongly recommended to not travel on Friday (26 June 2026), alongside existing advice for Wednesday and Thursday. Customers should visit www.lner.co.uk/travel-information/travel-updates/ for the latest information.

To mark the 150^th anniversary of the birth of Sir Nigel Gresley, former Chief Mechanical Engineer of the original LNER, a special Azuma train livery has been unveiled at Doncaster railway station.

LNER has become the first UK train operator to introduce the ‘Ask for Angela’ safeguarding scheme across its trains and managed stations. The launch comes in Rail Safety Week, an industry wide initiative which focuses on rail safety for all.   

LNER delighted hundreds of Harry Styles fans onboard a special service to London King’s Cross, celebrating the opening night of the global superstar’s twelve-show residency at Wembley Stadium.

After more than four incredible decades in the rail industry, Clive Casling from the LNER control room is retiring today, exactly forty-seven years to the day after starting his career.

A new industry-wide mentoring programme has been launched at York Railway Station on Social Mobility Day (Thursday 11 June 2026), helping to level the playing field for colleagues regardless of their background.