The Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) has made 30 recommendations to government on how the processes associated with the delivery of rail transport in the UK can be improved and simplified.
Great British Railways (GBR) will be a new government body that will absorb power from Network Rail and also…
Network Rail has alerted contractors that it is looking to procure for a reactive and minor works framework in the Wales and Western region worth £750M.
The Reactive and Minor Works (RMW) framework is split into four lots covering buildings and civils works across the five years of Control Period 7…
Network Rail has commenced “detailed tests” to uncover the issue behind the discolouration of water in the Whitehaven harbour and the rail tunnel that runs beneath it.
The tunnel sits on the Cumbrian Coast line and takes trains 1km underground between Corkickle and Whitehaven. It has been known to flood and…
Starting tomorrow, Saturday 11 November, Network Rail will begin a week long programme of track renewals on the North Downs line between Guildford and Gatwick Airport.
The work will continue until to Friday 17 November and will improve reliability for the Great Western Railway (GWR) trains that use the line which…
Reinstating the abandoned Ivanhoe line in Leicestershire all the way into Leicester, as initially proposed, could cost an additional £271M according to Network Rail in response to a freedom of information request by NCE.
The 50km Ivanhoe line between Burton-upon-Trent and Leicester was a victim of the 1960s Beeching cuts, although…
Contractor AmcoGiffen has successfully completed a major refurbishment project on a 160-year-old rail viaduct in North Wales.
Working on behalf of Network Rail, AmcoGiffen completed the Dovey Viaduct restoration project ahead of schedule. Engineers battled extreme weather conditions and timetabling works around the tides of the Afon Dyfi (Dovey River), which…
The King’s Speech has highlighted industry figures' disappointment with the slow process of implementing Great British Railways (GBR).
The King's speech yesterday confirmed that the Rail Reform Bill to legislate for GBR to take over operation of the UK’s rail network would be brought forward, albeit in draft form. GBR will…
Network Rail engineers have completed repair work to the Plessey Viaduct, on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) near Morpeth.
Trains services between Newcastle and Scotland have now returned to normal. The viaduct, which carries the ECML over the River Blyth between Cramlington and Morpeth, was only able to carry trains…
Bam Nuttall, Colas Rail and J Murphy and Sons (Murphy) were the top civils suppliers to Network Rail in the financial year 2022-23, according to newly released figures.
The UK’s rail infrastructure manager has released details of its spending for the last financial year, tabling its top 20 most paid suppliers…
Network Rail is continuing urgent repair work to the railway line through Braybrooke, south of Market Harborough in the East Midlands, after recent storms destabilised an embankment.
The track has been monitored for some time because part of the embankment it sits on was unstable. The recent storms worsened the situation…
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