Electrification
Bird closes West Coast main line
A bird caused the closure of the West Coast main line at 13:30 on Tuesday 7 April when it landed on the overhead wires just north of Carlisle. Normally, that’s not a problem. The bird […]
Electrification
Electrification
Grant Shapps addresses rail industry concerns in letter to Transport Select Committee
The Department for Transport (DfT) has published a letter from Secretary of State Grant Shapps to the Transport Select Committee in which he answers a number of questions about the future of the rail network. […]
Electrification
Wires down at Hest Bank close West Coast main line
Network Rail engineers worked through the night of Thursday 16 January 2020 to reopen the West Coast main line that had been closed earlier in the day when the overhead wires came down at Hest […]
Electrification
Network Rail successfully delivers Christmas work in the North West and Central regions
In the North West and Central region – which runs from Euston and Marylebone in London to Scotland via the West Midlands and North West – Network Rail teams took advantage of the lack of […]
Business
UK Power Network Services to upgrade Manchester Metrolink electrical infrastructure.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has entered into a framework agreement with UK Power Networks Services to renew and upgrade Manchester Metrolink’s electrical infrastructure. Under the framework, UK Power Networks Services is currently working on […]
Business
DB Netz to buy fleet of overhead line maintenance vehicles from Harsco Rail
Germany’s railway infrastructure manager, DB Netz, has chosen Harsco Rail to supply up to 56 catenary intervention and maintenance vehicles for the German railway system. This seven-year contract, the first ever between Harsco Rail and […]
Business
New Crewe electrification office for SW Global Resourcing
Multi-disciplinary services provider SW Global Resourcing (SWGR) has opened a new electrification office in Crewe to as the team gears up to provide isolation and OLE construction services around the rail network. For the last […]
Appointments
Jeff Davies appointed MD of electrification design specialist Andromeda
Jeff Davies, former director of route asset management and safety for Network Rail’s Wales and Borders route, has been appointed managing director of Andromeda, a multi-disciplined design engineering company specialising in railway electrification. Prior to […]
Electrification
New substation near Luton is the first of 8 for the Midland main line
The first of eight new sub-stations that will supply power to overhead line equipment on the Midland main line between Bedford and Corby has been installed as the project reaches a significant milestone. The sub-station […]