Network Rail engineers have been carrying out work on the West Coast Mainline near Carstairs in Scotland to strengthen an embankment which was damaged during an extreme weather event in late December.
Heavy rain caused disruption in rail services in many parts of Scotland on 30 December, as tracks on multiple…
The Tyne & Wear Metro remains partly closed due to a "serious fault" caused by flooding at the end of last year.
A substation was damaged by the flooding, which caused a fire and affected power to overhead lines. As a result, services have been unable to stop at various…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has granted a transport and works act order (TWAO) to Network Rail for the construction of its brand new Cambridge South railway station.
The station will be next to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, an area highlighted as having potential for major change. The new Cambridge South…
Engineers are working to clear debris and reconnect communities following this week's landslip at the Falls of Cruachan in Scotland.
Network Rail is working with Bear Scotland and Transport Scotland to deal with the incident. The railway line to Oban and A85 trunk road, east of the Falls of Cruachan, were…
Work to complete a replacement bridge over the railway between Torbay and Paignton in Devon is finally complete, following months of delays.
The replacement of the life-expired Torbay Road Bridge in Paignton began in January but it has taken much longer than planned due to a series of supply chain issues…
Damage caused as a result of a landslide in the Scottish Highlands is being assessed by Network Rail and Bear Scotland.
According to NCE sister title Ground Engineering, the landslide, which occurred on 19 December, brought down 40-60t of debris onto a railway line and further debris and boulders onto the…
Network Rail engineers are due to carry out major upgrades to both the Bakerloo line and the London Overground starting tomorrow, Saturday 17 December.
The work will last until Friday 23 December in which major improvements will be made to a 32km stretch of railway in north London. In order for…
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has undertaken an investigation into a near miss between track workers and a train near the town of Nuneaton in Warwickshire.
At 1.30am on 15 November, a train driver reported a near miss with track workers near to Bulkington, approximately 6.4km south of Nuneaton. The…
The Barmouth Viaduct has reopened to passengers and pedestrians with the second stage of major refurbishment work now completed.
The 154-year-old Barmouth Viaduct reopened on Saturday 10 December after engineers replaced track as part of the refurbishment of the Grade II listed structure. Network Rail planned to reopen the viaduct in…
Network Rail’s planned £120M engineering works for the festive period could be severely affected if the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) members’ walk out between 24 and 27 December goes ahead.
Network Rail's proposed job cut and reforms to working practices within the rail industry have been…
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