The Severn Tunnel will be closed for 10 days from today so Network Rail engineers can renew 3.2km of new track on the South Gloucestershire side of the tunnel.
In 2022, 3km of track was renewed on the Monmouthshire of the tunnel but now Network Rail will close the tunnel from…
Gateshead and Newcastle Councils have given the green light to Network Rail for a £4M package of refurbishment works to be carried out on the High Level Bridge across the River Tyne.
Constructed between 1845 and 1849, the 408m long structure was the world’s first combined road and rail bridge, with…
Spades are in the ground on the new Cambridge South railway station, which is being backed by £200M of government funding.
The new station will have four platforms and be fully accessible. It is on land adjacent to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and received a green light in December from the…
An “intensive period” of construction has begun to build two new platforms and realign track for a new train station in Bristol.
The station at Ashley Down is part of a wider MetroWest 2 project which will re-open the Henbury Line, between Bristol Temple Meads and Henbury to passenger traffic. It…
Carstairs railway station has reopened today ending a three-month blockade of a major West Coast Main Line junction.
A full timetable has been reinstated following the success of the £164M scheme to completely remodel Carstairs Junction, connecting Glasgow, Edinburgh and London, and improve the station, which began on 4 March. During…
Network Rail is to complete a number of rail improvements over this Spring Bank Holiday including the beginning of preparatory work for the new Cambridge South station’s construction.
The new £184M station will sit next to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, an area highlighted as having potential for major change. The new…
At a meeting to provide an update on the remediation of the troubled Nuneham Viaduct rail bridge in Oxfordshire, Network Rail capital delivery director Stuart Calvert has confirmed that the structure will re-open by 10 June as the final stages of stabilisation work get underway.
The bridge, which crosses the River…
The £80M Bam Nuttall constructed Dawlish sea wall has opened to the public as the £155M scheme to protect a vital rail link in Devon continues.
This is the second section of the wall to be completed, being built as part of Network Rail’s South West Rail Resilience Programme (SWRRP), which…
Network Rail will hold a supplier engagement event on 31 May for works on its Scotland routes as part of Control Period 7 (CP7), with the contracts notice set to be published in late June.
The event will take place on 31 May for potential bidders to deliver civils works -…
Rail minister Huw Merriman has announced a £72M upgrade package for Salford Crescent and Manchester Victoria stations and the railways in north Manchester.
The funding will deliver a third platform at Salford Crescent station, track improvement work across north Manchester and extra entry and exit points to platforms at Manchester Victoria…
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