Opportunities for more businesses to work with Network Rail
Network Rail, the UK infrastructure manager, has launched a project to encourage more innovation and more businesses to engage with the network, and deliver better value. The Rail Investment Centre of Excellence, which will bring...Read more
The need for project SPEED in UK’s railway plan
Swift, Pragmatic and Efficient Enhancement Delivery. That is both the message and a new initiative called SPEED, backed by the UK government and developed by Network Rail, the UK infrastructure management agency. The project has...Read more
Aberdeen main line back on track after bridge repairs
Southbound rail connections have been reestablished from Aberdeen, in the north-east of Scotland. The line reopened on Monday 22 February following extensive repairs to a damaged viaduct. The line has been out of action since...Read more
Iconic Ribblehead secured for vital freight route
An icon of the British landscape is under repair. Ribblehead Viaduct, in a remote part of North West England, is the subject of 2.1 million pound repair programme (2.5 million euro), to ensure the smooth...Read more
Mini rail handling maximised at Southampton
Southampton’s position as Britain’s premier automotive port has been strengthened by a new rail service, backed by a 300,000 pound investment (335,000 euros). The operators of the port have collaborated with rail operators and car...Read more
Southampton freight project nears completion
A week of closures on the south coast of England will allow completion of a radical upgrade to freight facilities at the Port of Southampton. Between Saturday 13 and Friday 19 February, the line connecting...Read more
Norwich-London route back on track after collapse
The mainline between London and Norwich has fully reopened, after an embankment collapse curtailed services between the capital and the cities of Norwich and Ipswich. Freight operators had limited access to and from Felixstowe, Britain’s...Read more
Line between Dundee and Aberdeen remains closed for another month
Bridge repairs in North East Scotland will take longer than originally anticipated. UK’s infrastructure manager Network Rail expects the line between Dundee and Aberdeen to remain closed until 22 February. The rail bridge, located three...Read more
Aberdeen – Dundee line closed until February
A bridge at Stonehaven, nearby the site of last year’s fatal derailment in Scotland, partially collapsed last week. Network Rail, the infrastructure manager for the UK, says the line it carries, between Aberdeen and Dundee,...Read more
Battered Britain: snow and rain disrupts rail
Floods in the south, blizzards in the north. Storm Christoph delivers a weather shock to the UK, and rail services are affected in several areas. Vast quantities of rain caused multiple flood incidents, disrupting rail...Read more
Folded drones may help Network Rail investigate its railway caves
Mapping the unpredictable undulations of underground voids and searching out subterranean subsidence is a hidden but vital part of railway maintenance. Now engineers are auditioning a new player in the cast of solutions. Prometheus –...Read more
Engineering first for freight tunnel
There’s innovation on the East Coast Main Line, as UK engineers begin a complex civil engineering project to install a prefabricated tunnel under the tracks. A massive concrete and steel structure is being hydraulically jacked...Read more
Freight advantages in Oxford redevelopment proposals
An ambitious plan has been put forward to redevelop the station in the centre of Oxford. The city, home to the world famous university as well as significant industrial interests, including the BMW Mini factory,...Read more
Winter is snow joke for Network Rail
Britain is often mocked for its reaction to slight snow falls, but rail freight ploughs on through in some of the hardiest of winter conditions. The headlines last week, of the Merseyside metro network brought...Read more
Bridge project and call for passenger services on Scottish freight route
Network Rail, the UK infrastructure management agency, has begun a much anticipated refurbishment on a busy freight route through Edinburgh. At the same time, there are renewed calls for passenger services on the line. Upgrading...Read more
’Twas the season of … engineering works
In the UK, the two weeks around Christmas and New Year is the quietest time on the network … unless you are an infrastructure engineer. Network Rail and supply partners have been as busy as...Read more