Heavy flooding in Yorkshire and northern Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire disrupted rail services on Thursday 7 October 2019 after heavy rain closed lines throughout the region. Lines between Sheffield and Gainsborough, Rotherham Central and Meadowhall, Shirebrook […]
Network Rail has announced the early reopening of the Abergavenny to Hereford line. It was closed on Saturday 26 October 2019, after a train driver reported fast flowing water shortly before 13:00 near Pontrilas. The […]
Network Rail has released its interim report into the accident at Margam on 3 July 2019 that resulted in the death of two track workers. The full report, which will be released in a couple […]
Autumn is approaching – or may even already be here. And with that come leaves on the line, slippery conditions, train delays and cancellations. Every autumn, the trees that grow along the railway drop thousands […]
British Steel, the Scunthorpe-based producer which manufactures steel rails in both the UK and France, has announced it will be exhibiting at the Trako International Railway Fair, being held in Gdansk, Poland on 24-27 September […]
British Steel, manufacturer of long steel sections, including rail, and a major supplier to Network Rail and to other railway infrastructure owners around the world, has attracted an “acceptable offer” from Ataer Holdings of Turkey. […]
Travel times between Chester and Manchester via Altrincham will be much improved following an £800,000 investment by Network Rail. The previous poor condition of the track through the ‘Bleeding Wolf’ area of Hale meant trains […]
Network Rail has announced that it is setting up a special task force aimed at improving safety for track workers. Supported by a fund if £70m million, this initiative will bring together multiple strands of […]
A team of Network Rail volunteers has helped install additional safety features to a level crossing on a heritage railway in Bedfordshire. Normally based in Network Rail’s Milton Keynes office, the six volunteers instead spent […]
British Steel, the UK-based manufacturer of sections, special profiles steel rail and wire rod with plants in the UK and France, and that had been the long products division of Tata Steel until bought by […]
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