It has been just a few weeks since our ‘bridge bashing’ series, but unless this has been an exceptional seven days, there have been a further twenty-five strikes. None of them were like this though....Read more
Road freight fails are wrecking rail freight schedules, and causing plenty more disruption too. Research by Britain’s infrastructure agency Network Rail reveals that around a half of UK truck drivers are unaware of the height...Read more
Foster’s Bridge in Ketton finally got certified for traffic after being out of action for most of the month due to a particularly damaging bridge strike. After all, when half the structure comes crashing down...Read more
Services are due to resume in full this Wednesday 23 November, after a serious bridge strike by an oversized road vehicle required almost complete reinstatement. The strike, one of thousands each year on the British...Read more
The railway bridge struck so heavily that it had to be partly demolished is still out of action two weeks after the incident. Rail traffic is severely disrupted, and road users have also been urged...Read more
Local communities have been advised that improving rail services in and around Ely, including facilitating better intermodal freight services from Felixstowe, will require land purchases. Those are the messages from Network Rail as the consultation...Read more
With five bridges hit by road traffic every day, and an increasing number of crossing violations and trespass incidents, the UK infrastructure manager, Network Rail is renewing calls for better behaviour at railway interfaces. Freight...Read more
According to Network Rail figures, there are five incidents a day where road vehicles hit UK rail bridges. Prosecutions, fines and compensation does not solve the issue, they say, and careless road drivers are making...Read more