Up to 2,000 jobs are reported to be at risk at Network Rail because of financial pressures, reducing the total workforce by almost 5 per cent. Staff in junior managerial grades are said to be the most likely to be affected. Network Rail has yet to confirm any reductions, but the company has confirmed that a review has been taking place.

A Hertfordshire man has been warned that he is facing a prison sentence after pleading guilty to 112 charges of travelling without a ticket on Govia Thameslink Railway.