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Major track renewals near Grantham completed on time

27 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Over Christmas 2019, Network Rail completed a £2.1 million project to renew almost 4km (2.4 miles) of track just south of Grantham. Network Rail’s Track Renewal System (TRS) began work after the last service on […]

Electrification

Network Rail successfully delivers Christmas work in the North West and Central regions

27 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

In the North West and Central region – which runs from Euston and Marylebone in London to Scotland via the West Midlands and North West – Network Rail teams took advantage of the lack of […]

Infrastructure

Huddersfield Platform 2 extended

27 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Platform 2 at Huddersfield station was successfully extended over the Christmas holiday so that it can accommodate new, longer trains. Network Rail has been working on site at Huddersfield since November. However, the bulk of […]

Infrastructure

Christmas works ready to start

24 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

As most people prepare for the Christmas break – almost the one day of the year when everything is closed and everyone has a holiday – some 20,500 Network Rail engineering staff are about to […]

Infrastructure

Major resignalling work in East Sussex completed

3 December 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Trains running in East Sussex on the route from Lewes to Seaford, via Newhaven, on Monday 2 December marked the completion of major piece of work to resignal the line, replacing a system controlled from […]

Governance

Lorry smashes through level crossing barriers at Hartlebury, Worcestershire

23 November 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has released CCTV footage of a lorry smashing through closing level-crossing barriers at Hartlebury, Worcestershire. The vehicle, a white, unbranded small lorry, failed to stop at flashing red lights, completely severing one barrier […]

Infrastructure

Underpass at Stonea, Cambridgeshire, closed for up to a year due to bridge strike

21 November 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail has announced that the underpass at Stonea, on the Ely-Peterborough railway line between March and Manea, will remain temporarily closed for safety reasons until late 2020 to allow for crucial repair works The […]

Infrastructure

Welwyn Garden City station footbridge to be improved

19 November 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

Network Rail is planning to refurbish the footbridge at Welwyn Garden City station, which links the railway station with east Welwyn Garden City. Work is due to start on Sunday, 22 December. The footbridge will […]

Infrastructure

Abergavenny to Hereford line to reopen after flooding

1 November 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

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 […]

Infrastructure

Kintore station takes shape as lift shafts are installed

1 November 2019 Nigel Wordsworth 0

The new station at Kintore, on the Aberdeen to Inverness line in Scotland, is taking shape after engineers installed the concrete shafts for its accessible footbridge. The two ten-metre-tall, eight-ton structures were craned into position […]

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  • Battery train sets new world record
  • Paul McNerney to join Severfield from Laing O’Rourke
  • Mick Rayner appointed Non-Executive Director of RSSB
  • Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
  • Robin Gisby to step down as the government’s train operator
  • EMR driver training is a family affair
  • Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty
  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
  • New trains enter service on the Coryton line in South Wales
  • Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
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  • Phil Mortimer: A recent funded R&D project focused on the use of alternatives to steel for the ohl masts. This has several…
  • Nigel: Fully support this restoration from the East Lancashire side,existing infrastructure mostly well built and promises a highly efficient 12 mile…
  • Clive Broadhead: After the undoubtedly achievement of resurrecting the railways in Scotland why are the current NR management he'll bent on squandering…
  • 230001 sets out on its record-breaking run from Reading station.
  • Paul McNerney will leave Laing O'Rourke to take over as CEO of Severfield in the autumn of 2025.
  • Mick Rayner, managing director of Balfour Beatty's rail business, is joining the RSSB Board as non-executive director representing infrastructure contractors.
  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
  • Robin Gisby will step down from being CEO of the DfT Operator on 23 December 2025.
  • 12 trainees drivers have just graduated at East Midlands Railway.
  • Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
  • Impression of how Stuttgart station will look on completion.
    Deutsche Bahn needs to find €6.5 billion to complete Stuttgart 21
    7 August 2025 0
  • Robin Gisby will step down from being CEO of the DfT Operator on 23 December 2025.
    Robin Gisby to step down as the government’s train operator
    7 August 2025 0
  • 12 trainees drivers have just graduated at East Midlands Railway.
    EMR driver training is a family affair
    7 August 2025 0
  • Hitachi Rail's acquisition of Omnicom will support its HMAX digital asset management platform globally.
    Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom from Balfour Beatty
    1 August 2025 0
  • Cumbrian Coast line closed at Whitehaven “indefinitely”
    31 July 2025 0
  • Five new Class 756 Flirt trains have entered service between Coryton, Caerphilly and Penarth.
    New trains enter service on the Coryton line in South Wales
    31 July 2025 0
  • Unipart has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing its roadmap to meeting its Net Zero 2040 target.
    Unipart publishes roadmap to its Net Zero 2040 target
    30 July 2025 0
  • Arriva will restore train connections to communities in Poland’s Kujawsko-Pomorskie region from December 2026.
    Arriva to revive two regional routes in Poland
    30 July 2025 0
  • Tony Lodge of the Centre for Policy Studies has written a report entitled Rail’s Last Chance: A four-point plan to save the railways
    Warning that Great British Railways risks repeating the mistakes of British Rail
    29 July 2025 0
  • The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BCIMO) went into administration on 1 July 2025.
    BCIMO sold to Dudley Council
    23 July 2025 0
  • Vienna’s first painted X-car metro train unveiled
    24 August 2019 0
  • Hull Trains is back! (or soon will be)
    31 July 2020 0
  • Bristol Parkway to Newport line reopens after major overrun
    23 November 2020 0
  • New Head of Rail at Ramboll
    3 March 2020 0
  • Fugro to survey Great Western main line using RILA technology
    1 June 2020 0
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