The return of passenger services to the Northumberland line is delayed by several months as two new stations for the recommssioned line have been beset with construction delays.
Main works started in early 2022 for the return of passenger services to the line between Newcastle and Ashington, which was closed in…
Network Rail has completed a bridge replacement project in Fife, as part of the Levenmouth line restoration, earlier than originally planned.
The rail infrastructure operator replaced the former Bawbee bridge, which was weight-restricted and at the end of its lifespan, as part of the wider Levenmouth rail link project. Removal of…
The £82M Bam-constructed Dawlish sea wall has shown its value after successfully defending the Devon coastal railway against batterings from Storms Babet and Ciarán.
Network Rail has detailed how the £82M spent on constructing the sea wall in Dawlish as part of the South West Rail Resilience Programme (SWRRP) has been…
Network Rail is set to begin urgent repairs on a badly cracked embankment on the line between Woking and Basingstoke next week following a landslip.
Tiny sensors in the ground, known as remote condition monitoring, have detected movement in a 100m-long slope next to the St John’s Hill Road overbridge between…
Rail minister Huw Merriman is confident the government can “harness the power of the private sector” to deliver a transformative “life science quarter” at London Euston and other rail investments.
Speaking to the Transport Select Committee on 30 November on the subject of the high speed line, Merriman said that areas…
The £132M transformation of Old Street station and roundabout is on course for completion soon into the new year, an official report has revealed.
Transport for London (TfL) said the construction element of the project to modernise the Northern Line station and 1960s roundabout above it will see most facets of…
Cost consultant Gardiner & Theobald has been awarded a £500,000 contract by HS2 Ltd to conduct a commercial review of High Speed Two’s (HS2’s) Phase 1 Main Works Civil Contracts (MWCC).
The six month contract will see the consult HS2 Ltd as it reviews the scope and costs of Phase 1…
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has launched a probe into a series of track failures on the Great Western Main Line.
The regulator announced it was investigating “poor train punctuality in the Network Rail Wales & Western region” following a series of rail fractures and breaks over the past…
A consistent and clear plan for rail investment will attract private investors who will aid in driving the delivery of major projects, according to Network Rail and National Infrastructure Commission chiefs.
NIC chair Sir John Armitt and Network Rail chair Lord Peter Hendy of Richmond Hill appeared in front of the…
Use of artificial intelligence (AI), implementation of modern methods of construction (MMC) and a comprehensive pipeline of work should be “business as usual” in infrastructure delivery by 2025, according to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA).
These business as usual expectations were the main theme in the IPA’s latest Transforming Infrastructure…
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