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CrossCountry will add eight Voyager trains starting in 2027 to ease crowding and improve reliability on the Exeter rail route. This expansion adds 60,000 more seats weekly and follows recent fleet upgrades between 2024 and 2025.

Network Rail will close the Hastings line between Tonbridge and Wadhurst for nine days from 24 October 2026, replacing trains with bus services. Work includes slab track renewal in Grove Hill Tunnel and other engineering maintenance.

A train fire near Ricla, Zaragoza on October 12, 2026, caused suspension of high-speed rail services between Madrid and Barcelona, affecting 33 trains and 12,979 passengers. Services resumed with delays and speed restrictions while investigations and repairs continued.