Network Rail is investing £3.5 million to protect the main line between Oxenholme and Carlisle in Cumbria from landslips and provide more reliable journeys for passengers. Engineers are upgrading the embankments, making them less steep […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it will invest £350 million to install state-of-the art electronic signalling on the East Coast main line, to cut journey times and reduce delays. This new cash […]
When Network Rail needed to repair the vent shafts of the historic Sough tunnel in Lancashire, it had to use a helicopter to deliver the materials it needed. Sough tunnel is 1,843 metres long and […]
Overhead contact wires have been overhauled and replaced outside London Euston station to make the railway more reliable in hot weather. A total of 3,000 hours of work over four weeks, mostly overnight, has resulted […]
An old Midland Railway level crossing box has received a new lease of life after being installed at Shottle station on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in Derbyshire. The box at Oddingley crossing in Worcestershire was […]
Work to stabilise a cutting at Templecombe on the Somerset/Dorset border is progressing well as Network Rail aims to have the work complete, and the railway reopen, on Monday 22 June 2020. The project has […]
Two new lifts at Lichfield Trent Valley station will make life easier for passengers, providing step-free transfers between the West Coast main line platforms used by London Northwestern Railway trains (Platforms 1 and 2) and […]
Severfield, the structural steel group that has made a number of major bridges for the rail network, including the Ordsall Chord in Manchester, has announced the appointment of Kevin Whiteman as non-executive chairman with effect […]
Leading specialist engineering and construction services company Keltbray has announced a programme of redundancies due to the economic impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19). Speaking on 10 June, chief operating officer Vince Corrigan looked back to the […]
While many companies were forced to shut down during while Coronavirus (COVID-19) was at its peak, the railways kept on running, transporting freight and key workers around the country. Not only that, engineers also had […]
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