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Network Rail’s preparedness to manage the railway network in extreme heats has been put under scrutiny in a series of external reviews.

The railway network’s resilience to extreme heat was tested in summer 2022 during a prolonged period of extremely high temperatures. This saw Network Rail deploying drones and rapid response…

Network Rail has submitted an application for listed building consent to the Highland Council for plans to repair cracks on the listed Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland.

Listed building consent empowers planning authorities to ensure that changes to listed buildings are “appropriate and sympathetic” to their character. The plans for the viaduct…

At the end of July, government announced the price list for statutory biodiversity credits and they are pretty eyewatering – but what lies behind this and what are the implications?

From November this year – the precise date is still to be announced – or spring next year for smaller projects,…

Strengthening and repair of an historic wrought iron rail bridge in the Saltmarket area of Glasgow has been completed a month ahead of schedule, Network Rail has revealed.

The 150 year old bridge carries the City Union Line of the A8 near Glasgow Cross and the £3.8M upgrade delivered by Story…

A new partnership between Network Rail and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has been established to deliver a vision including station and railway upgrades, integrated transport and zero carbon.

TfGM described the partnership as “a major step forward” in working to “create a better-connected Greater Manchester”. Network Rail owns over 90…

High Speed 2 (HS2) contractors have moved a 5,600t bridge into place under the mainline railway in the West Midlands 27 hours ahead of schedule.

The new bridge will allow High Speed 2 (HS2) to pass underneath the existing Coventry to Leamington Spa line. The move to position the 22m long,…

HS2’s new terminus at Euston could be stripped back to a seven-platform station yet still face a £1bn over-spend.

The HS2 terminus, which had at one point expected to be built with 11 platforms, had one platform shaved off the plans in 2021. According to documents leaked to the Sunday Telegraph,…

The new £5.8M Portway Park and Ride station at Bristol has been opened by Transport Secretary Mark Harper.

Portway Park & Ride is the first station to be delivered as part of the MetroWest programme. MetroWest will see the introduction of seven new stations, the re-opening of some rail lines and…

Cracks in a viaduct between Amsterdam and Rotterdam in the Netherlands will see train speeds restricted until remediation works can be devised and completed in 2025.

The damage to the viaduct near Rijpwetering was discovered at the end of October. Engineers discovered cracks in the structure’s welds which are believed to…

The first two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) launched for High Speed 2 (HS2) in London have completed the first mile (1.6km) of their drives for a twin bored tunnel.

TBMs Sushila and Caroline were launched by SCS (Skanska Costain Strabag JV) in October last year from the HS2 site in West…