network rail | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:51:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/07/favicon-nce192x-70x70.png network rail | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 32 32 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Two homes above 2,500t landslip in West Yorkshire to be demolished https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/two-homes-above-2500t-landslip-in-west-yorkshire-to-be-demolished-28-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/two-homes-above-2500t-landslip-in-west-yorkshire-to-be-demolished-28-03-2024/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:05:54 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=276183 Network Rail has announced that two homes in West Yorkshire will have to be demolished following a landslip in West Yorkshire that occurred in February.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/two-homes-above-2500t-landslip-in-west-yorkshire-to-be-demolished-28-03-2024/feed/ 0 Network Rail gears up for £90M of engineering works over Easter bank holiday weekend https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-gears-up-for-90m-of-engineering-works-over-easter-bank-holiday-weekend-28-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-gears-up-for-90m-of-engineering-works-over-easter-bank-holiday-weekend-28-03-2024/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:20:37 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=276175 Network Rail has stated that there will be “493 different pieces” of work taking place as it carries out £90M of upgrades to Britain railways over the Easter bank holiday weekend.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-gears-up-for-90m-of-engineering-works-over-easter-bank-holiday-weekend-28-03-2024/feed/ 0 Network Rail announces partners for CP7 capital works delivery in North West and Central region https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-announces-partners-for-cp7-capital-works-delivery-in-north-west-and-central-region-27-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-announces-partners-for-cp7-capital-works-delivery-in-north-west-and-central-region-27-03-2024/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:52:42 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=276083 Network Rail has announced the winners of its nearly £2bn capital works delivery frameworks for Control Period 7 (CP7), 2024 to 2029, covering the North West and Central (NW&C) region of its network.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-announces-partners-for-cp7-capital-works-delivery-in-north-west-and-central-region-27-03-2024/feed/ 0 Network Rail completes £1.6M upgrade to Rannoch viaduct in Highlands https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-completes-1-6m-upgrade-to-rannoch-viaduct-in-highlands-26-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-completes-1-6m-upgrade-to-rannoch-viaduct-in-highlands-26-03-2024/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 06:31:47 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=276057 The West Highland line has reopened after Network Rail engineers completed a £1.6M set of essential upgrades to the Rannoch viaduct.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-completes-1-6m-upgrade-to-rannoch-viaduct-in-highlands-26-03-2024/feed/ 0 Network Rail investigating ‘void’ after Cumbria derailment https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-investigating-void-after-cumbria-derailment-25-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-investigating-void-after-cumbria-derailment-25-03-2024/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:07:02 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=276007 Network Rail and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) are working to determine the cause of a void opening up near a derailment which took place in Cumbria on Friday 22 March.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-investigating-void-after-cumbria-derailment-25-03-2024/feed/ 0 Network Rail to conduct £20M rebuild of major railway bridge over M62 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-to-conduct-20m-rebuild-of-major-railway-bridge-over-m62-22-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-to-conduct-20m-rebuild-of-major-railway-bridge-over-m62-22-03-2024/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:39:42 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275921 Network Rail is investing more than £20M to rebuild a major railway bridge that takes trains over the M62 in Castleton, near Rochdale.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-to-conduct-20m-rebuild-of-major-railway-bridge-over-m62-22-03-2024/feed/ 0 Rail network hit by landslip, points failure and suspected broken rail in one day https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/rail-network-hit-by-landslip-points-failure-and-suspected-broken-rail-in-one-day-19-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/rail-network-hit-by-landslip-points-failure-and-suspected-broken-rail-in-one-day-19-03-2024/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 02:23:42 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275766 Network Rail issued a series of warnings to the public on 19 March about incidents across the railway in Great Britain including a landslip, points failure and a suspected broken rail.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/rail-network-hit-by-landslip-points-failure-and-suspected-broken-rail-in-one-day-19-03-2024/feed/ 0 Your View | High Speed 2 and private finance, National Grid expansion, resilience, handling runoff https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/your-view-high-speed-2-and-private-finance-national-grid-expansion-resilience-handling-runoff-19-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/your-view-high-speed-2-and-private-finance-national-grid-expansion-resilience-handling-runoff-19-03-2024/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 02:17:00 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275680 HS2 needs private investment Since central government’s cancellation of High Speed 2 (HS2) phases 2a and 2b in October, there has been much hand wringing about the future of the entire HS2 network, as discussed in the two letters published in NCE last month. Fortunately,…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/your-view-high-speed-2-and-private-finance-national-grid-expansion-resilience-handling-runoff-19-03-2024/feed/ 0 Electric train trial success for Greater Manchester under Transpennine upgrade https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/electric-train-trial-success-for-greater-manchester-under-transpennine-upgrade-18-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/electric-train-trial-success-for-greater-manchester-under-transpennine-upgrade-18-03-2024/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:15:45 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275660 An electric train has travelled for the first time between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), Network Rail has announced.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/electric-train-trial-success-for-greater-manchester-under-transpennine-upgrade-18-03-2024/feed/ 0 Work commences on first of three active travel bridges over Levenmouth railway in Fife https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/work-commences-on-first-of-three-active-travel-bridges-over-levenmouth-railway-in-fife-18-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/work-commences-on-first-of-three-active-travel-bridges-over-levenmouth-railway-in-fife-18-03-2024/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:01:12 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275714 A 144m bridge for active travel is being built by Network Rail in Duniface to connect the communities of Methilhill and Kennoway as part of the £116M Levenmouth Rail Link.

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