The final phase of a project to improve drainage and stabilise embankments at Slochd between Perth and Inverness on the Highland main line is about to get underway. The work, which will run until November […]
Walkers in the area of Sleights, near Whitby in North Yorkshire, are being warned of the dangers of trespassing on the railway, following multiple incidents of people using the railway to cross the River Esk. […]
The electrification of the Great Western main line has reached another milestone, as the first all-electric passenger services are now running from London Paddington to Caerdydd Canolog Cardiff Central. While the first electric passenger service […]
Network Rail is about to commence a £2 million project to improve the 18-span Eskmeals viaduct, which carries the railway over the River Esk estuary, roughly halfway between Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven in Cumbria. The multi-million-pound […]
Lineside vegetation, and its control, is always the subject of debate between those interested in the safe operation of the railway and those who value nature’s beauty and diversity. Trees growing close to the line […]
Seeking to improve mobile phone coverage and signal strength along a 45-mile stretch of the East Coast main line between Newcastle and Edinburgh, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is working with mobile phone operator O2 […]
Network Rail is replacing 1,200 wooden sleepers on the Tay bridge – one third of total quantity – in a £500,000 programme that will continue until September. Scotland’s Tay bridge, the longest railway structure in […]
International consultancy and construction company Mace has been appointed by Transport for the North (TfN) to lead the Programme Support Office for the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) programme. Mace will be responsible for project controls, […]
The Cumbrian Coast line has reopened between Whitehaven and Workington after three consecutive storms forced the railway to close earlier this year. A railway bridge at Parton was damaged beyond repair by Storms Ciara, Dennis […]
The Artic city of Murmansk, home to 300,000 people, has been cut off from the rest of Russia by rail after the collapse of a railway bridge. The bridge, which provides the sole rail access […]
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