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.
This will enable the rail infrastructure operator to complete the works required to stabilise the embankment. Engineers have been on site at Baildon, near Bradford, since…
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‘Complex nature of site’ hinders removal of landslip in West Yorkshire
The “complex nature of the site” to remove a 2,500t landslip in West Yorkshire is delaying the restart of train services for several weeks.
Train services through Baildon, near Bradford, will remain suspended for weeks longer than initially expected after issues with the site have caused work to progress more slowly…
Southeastern region hit by another landslip, disrupting London to Brighton rail link
A landslip has hit railway services at Merstham, Surrey, which follows a landslip repaired in Kent on Monday 4 March and two other landslips in the Midlands and North of England in February.
GTR said it was unable to serve customers Merstham, Earlswood and Coulsdon South railway stations on the afternoon…
Railway reopened in Kent following 7-days of landslip remediation work
Repairs have been completed on a section of track at Newington in Kent which was taken out of action by a landslip following emergency works by Network Rail.
A landslip occurred on the afternoon of 23 February following heavy rainfall and Network Rail geotechnical and structures experts found a 40m long…
Isle of Wight on alert for further ground movement after biggest landslide in 20 years
Isle of Wight Council has warned that further ground movement in Bonchurch, Ventnor, “cannot be ruled out” after the area was struck by one of its biggest ever landslides last month.
As first reported by NCE sister title Ground Engineering, the major landslide on 10 December affected an area of about 42ha…
Engineers clearing 100t of material from tunnel mouth after landslip on Southwest line
A landslip has closed South Western Railway (SWR) services between Salisbury and Exeter as Network Rail engineers attempt to remove 100t of material from a tunnel entrance.
Trains on the SWR line will not run until next Monday, 11 December, as clay, soil and vegetation must be removed from the Crewkerne…
Key steps completed to remediate cracking caused by landslip on Northumberland road
Initial milestones have been completed in the engineering works to safeguard a landslip prone stretch of road between Weldon Bridge and Rothbury in Northumberland.
The aim of the scheme is to remediate the impact of a landslip at Todstead on the B6344, which been active for over 40 years. In April…
Landslip affected road in Wales won’t be fixed until 2026
The landslip affected A469 in south east Wales that has been reduced to single lane traffic since 2020 will be under construction until 2026 at a projected cost of £15.8M.
The projected date is 12 years after the A469 near Troedrhiwfuwch was first beset by landslip and ground movement problems and…
Oxfordshire railway line remains closed after train crashes into landslide
A railway line in Oxfordshire will remain closed for "the next few days" after a train crashed into a landslide near to Cassington Road bridge on Friday, 10 February.
Since the crash, land around the bridge has since become unstable, threatening the stability of the bridge and forcing Network Rail to…
Watch: Network Rail undertakes work to protect Devon railway from landslips
Network Rail engineers have completed five days of work protecting the railway from landslips on the West of England between Axminster and Pinhoe in Devon, with the line re-opening this week.
Closing the line allowed engineers to begin essential landslip prevention work at Honiton Tunnel, one of the most at-risk sites…