Work is starting to reconnect Leven, in Fife, Scotland, to the national rail network as Network Rail begins to clear vegetation on the Levenmouth line. Engineers will also be carrying out site survey and geological […]
The iconic, Grade I listed ‘Bristol Old Station’, which was Bristol’s first railway station when it opened in 1840 as the western terminus of the Great Western Railway from London Paddington, has been acquired by […]
Dr Luke Prendergast, assistant professor in civil engineering at the University of Nottingham, considers the problems caused by the railway’s aging infrastructure. The UK has an ageing rail network that is under increasing pressure from […]
The contract to carry out strengthening work to three railway bridges on Network Rail’s Wessex route in the South of England has been awarded to Dyer & Butler. Under the terms of the contract, the […]
Five years to the day since Her Majesty The Queen opened the Borders Railway between Edinburgh, Midlothian, and Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders on 9 September 2015, the Campaign for Borders Rail continues to argue […]
Three historic railway bridges in Darlington, Co Durham, are due to be refurbished and restored to their former glory – and colour schemes. As part of a £60,000 project, Network Rail is working in partnership […]
Bombardier Transportation will upgrade the communication systems on 92 three-car Movia metro trainsets for Singapore’s Downtown Mass Rapid Transit line (DTL) as part of the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) line extension plan. The upgrade will […]
Ground investigation works are underway for the East Kilbride Corridor Improvement programme. This aims to improve the line so that four eight-car trains an hour can run during the peak periods of 07:00-10:00 and 16:00-19:00 […]
At around 23:15 on 26 August 2020, the 21:52 DB Cargo service from Robeston Oil Refinery, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, to Theale Oil Terminal, near Reading, derailed on the Up District line near Llangennech in Carmarthenshire. […]
The Chart Leacon depot in Ashford, which closed in 2014 and has lain empty ever since, is being demolished to make room for a new train maintenance facility. Balfour Beatty is taking the old depot […]
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