It is one of the busiest engineering programmes ever on the UK rail network. The traditional Easter holiday – a four-day period from Friday to Monday – is always used to make running repairs all...Read more
With the winds hardly died down from Storm Dudley, the UK is braced for Storm Eunice, an even more powerful weather system coming in off the Atlantic. The rail network has been especially hard hit,...Read more
The UK infrastructure agency Network Rail has completed upgrades to the West Coast Main Line and associated routes between London Euston, the Midlands and the North West of England over the Christmas weekend. Further work...Read more
A major project to eliminate a speed and capacity bottleneck in Scotland will affect the entire rail network. Work to remodel the layout at Carstairs, where the busy West Coast Main Line diverges for Glasgow...Read more
The last days of summer and the first day of winter were marred by widespread disruption to the British railway network. On the day that British Summer Time officially ended – as station clocks were...Read more
One year on from the start of construction, the UK’s high speed rail project – HS2 – is celebrating an employment landmark. Exactly one year since the UK prime minister Boris Johnson announced the formal...Read more
The UK West Coast Main Line, the busiest mixed-traffic route in Europe, will see the most extensive programme of engineering works this weekend. The Late May Bank Holiday is traditionally a busy time for operations....Read more
The UK Parliament has given the go-ahead to the next phases of Britain’s high-speed railway network, HS2. This will ensure the building of Phase 2A north from the West Midlands to Crewe. Here, it will...Read more
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
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
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
Network Rail, the UK infrastructure agency, is beginning a programme of works on the 144-year-old Ribblehead Viaduct, the key link on the Settle-Carlisle Line. The huge viaduct carries freight and passenger traffic through the north...Read more
UK’s influential High Speed Rail Group proposes a significant new-build line between England and Scotland to complement the east and west coast main lines and solve capacity issues. The group, representing member organisations from across...Read more
The Easter long-weekend is normally one of the busiest times on the UK network for major maintenance and enhancement projects. Despite the coronavirus crisis, this year is no different, with crews at work around the...Read more
Network Rail has revealed that the vital West Coast Main Line has been targeted by thieves 28 times in the past twelve months, most recently over this weekend, disrupting critical freight services and putting key...Read more
380 tonnes of rock and a lot of work later. With only a speed restriction still in place, Britain’s busiest mixed-use line has been restored to full operations after a weekend landslip reduced the West...Read more
Storm damage has closed the southbound side of UK’s West Coast Main Line between Warrington and Crewe, causing major disruption. The busiest mixed-used line in the country has suffered a landslip in the north of...Read more
The British Isles have been buffeted by one of the fiercest storms in a decade, and the busiest long distance route in the country has been knocked out of action.
The West Coast Main Line (WCML),...Read more
A huge programme of works is planned over the Festive break in the UK. The end of December until the first week in January is the most intense period of maintenance, upgrades and installations.
’Twas the...Read more
A team of little orange helpers on the UK West Coast Main Line is helping Santa put smiles on faces across Britain this Christmas. Increasing demand for his services means Father Christmas can no longer rely...Read more
