An innovate UK-funded project is looking to revolutionise the way infrastructure assets on the world’s railways are managed with automated pantograph and overhead line anomaly detection.
£400M will be invested in Scotland’s railways over the next five years to improve its resilience against climate breakdown-driven extreme weather, but the Scottish Government has meanwhile revoked its emissions goals.
Emergency pairs have been completed by Network Rail near Edenbridge in Kent and in the Conwy Valley in Wales, both of which were the consequence of wet weather.
Network Rail engineers are continuing a “complex operation” to repair the railway at Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, where a train derailed over two weeks ago.
Homes England and Network Rail Property have signed an agreement with McLaren Property and Arlington Real Estate for the £1.1bn proposal to redevelop the York Central station brownfield site.
Contractor VolkerRailStory JV (VolkerRail and Story Contracting), working for Network Rail, has completed the £150M Hope Valley Railway Upgrade between Manchester and Sheffield.
Lead contractor AmcoGiffen and Network Rail will start a £3.4M investment to carry out repairs on the 123-year-old Glenfinnan viaduct this month.
Restoring the track on the UK's only sliding rail bridge, at Keadby near Scunthorpe, presented a series of historical and logistical challenges according to specialist subcontractor 1stinrail.
Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking a contractor for a £35M contract to design and build the new Waterbeach railway station.
Today marks the beginning of the next Network Rail funding period, Control Period 7 (CP7) 2024-2029.
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