Management of the UK’s rail infrastructure and services has moved closer to being unified under the “guiding mind” of Great British Railways (GBR) with the publication of the draft Rail Reform Bill today, 20 February.
Establishment of GBR was an outcome of the Williams-Shapps Plan For Rail, published by the Department…
Contractors working on constructing new buildings for University Station in Birmingham have detailed how they overcame site constraints to complete the £56M project.
University Railway Station’s new buildings opened their doors to passengers for the first time on 28 January. With new wider entrances, stairways and exits serving the neighbouring University…
The UK ranks among the “least accessible” in a study of railway stations around Europe, but Network Rail's Access For All scheme is ongoing with Port Glasgow the latest to be upgraded.
German travel booking company Omio combined firsthand observations with data from the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) to…
Thurrock Council will discuss whether it should pay nearly half the costs to construct a new train station and transport interchange, even though it is technically bankrupt and the estimated price of the project has nearly tripled.
The original Stanford-Le-Hope station, on the C2C line, was demolished in 2020 and a…
Network Rail has begun removing earth after a landslip closed the West Coast Main Line (WCML) between Coventry and Rugby.
From today, Monday 12 February, Network Rail will commence de-vegetation work on one of two tracks near Rugby to allow its engineers to assess the damage. Once the vegetation clearance has…
Network Rail is gearing up to conduct a £1.6M investment programme to extend the lifespan of a 19th century viaduct in the Scottish Highlands.
Rannoch viaduct, just north of Rannoch station, carries a section of the West Highland Line between Crianlarich and Fort William/Mallaig and was built in 1894. The viaduct…
The National Union for Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) is today, 8 February, holding a day of action against Network Rail’s planned cuts to railway maintenance, infrastructure and renewals work, saying they will “jeopardise safety”.
Network Rail’s funding settlement for Control Period 7 (CP7), 2024-2029, was recently agreed with the…
Thirty-one people were rescued from a train which had partially derailed after it struck a tree near Thetford as it was travelling from Liverpool Lime Street to Norwich.
The 15:51 service on 6 February remained upright after the derailment but passengers were only able to get to their destination by 01:00…
The 17th annual National Apprenticeship Week kicked off on 5 February with organisations across the civil engineering sector promoting their own apprenticeship programmes and vacancies.
HS2 Ltd pointed to its existing cohort of 1,400 apprenticeships and said that 19 new roles were opening this week. The firm also said more apprenticeships…
Network Rail has now admitted it is the “mystery” buyer of a section of abandoned rail near Leeds.
The Wortley Curve recently sold for £47,000 at auction, over three times the guide price. Network Rail has now revealed that it was the buyer of the land and its planned use currently…
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