Network Rail is upgrading railway embankments between Manchester and Buxton to protect the railway from landslips. They are being made less steep and the ground made more secure in two locations near Chapel-en-le-Frith in the […]
The Department for Transport (DfT) has released both a definition of what a ‘nationally significant infrastructure project’ actually is and a list transport projects where application decisions are available. The definition of a nationally significant […]
As part of its measures to keep the railway running during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, Network Rail recently appealed for retired signallers, or those who have moved to other careers in the railway industry, to […]
This week, it was the turn of Glasgow Central station to get the blue light as Network Rail and Scotrail – Scotland’s Railway – honoured the work of NHS frontline staff, and other key workers. […]
The cost of repairing a railway bridge hit by a skip lorry on 20 March has been put at £200,000. Emergency repairs were needed after the lorry hit the bridge at Warwick Road in Kenilworth, […]
Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s historic Royal Albert Bridge, which takes the railway over the River Tamar between Plymouth and Saltash, joining Devon with Cornwall, has been illuminated in blue as a show of support to the […]
Network Rail has completed work to reinforce a steep railway embankment at Holmrock on the Furness line, to the south of the Kent Viaduct, between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster in Cumbria. The £500,000 project was aimed […]
It was the turn of the new glass frontage of Glasgow Queen Street Station to be lit-up in blue on 9 April to show solidarity with key workers and frontline NHS staff all across the […]
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 […]
Scotland’s iconic Glenfinnan viaduct, as featured in the Harry Potter films, joined the list of railway landmarks across the UK that have turned blue to show public support for NHS staff treating coronavirus patients. Illumination […]
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