Network Rail has commenced “detailed tests” to uncover the issue behind the discolouration of water in the Whitehaven harbour and the rail tunnel that runs beneath it.
The tunnel sits on the Cumbrian Coast line and takes trains 1km underground between Corkickle and Whitehaven. It has been known to flood and…
Starting tomorrow, Saturday 11 November, Network Rail will begin a week long programme of track renewals on the North Downs line between Guildford and Gatwick Airport.
The work will continue until to Friday 17 November and will improve reliability for the Great Western Railway (GWR) trains that use the line which…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has spent £564M on land and property for the cancelled Phase 2 of High Speed 2 (HS2), according to a Freedom of Information request from NCE, while rail experts have called on the government to halt its plans to sell it off at a loss.
The…
Reinstating the abandoned Ivanhoe line in Leicestershire all the way into Leicester, as initially proposed, could cost an additional £271M according to Network Rail in response to a freedom of information request by NCE.
The 50km Ivanhoe line between Burton-upon-Trent and Leicester was a victim of the 1960s Beeching cuts, although…
Work on Bristol Temple Meads station’s new £23M entrance has started with work on construction of a tunnel beneath the station.
The station entrance revamp is part of a £94.7M government funded regeneration of the Bristol Temple Quarter and will aim to provide access from the station to the University of…
The former technical director of High Speed 2 Ltd (HS2 Ltd) and one of the principal designers of HS2’s original plan believes “overengineering” of the project is a principal reason behind the continually ballooning costs.
Andrew McNaughton, now chairman of Network Rail High Speed, made his claims to the Transport Committee…
Engineers working on the Colne Valley Viaduct for High Speed 2 (HS2) have now completed 1.7km of its record-breaking 3.4km length.
Once complete, the viaduct will be the longest rail bridge in the UK and carry HS2 trains from Hillingdon on the outskirts of London, over a series of roads and…
Contractor AmcoGiffen has successfully completed a major refurbishment project on a 160-year-old rail viaduct in North Wales.
Working on behalf of Network Rail, AmcoGiffen completed the Dovey Viaduct restoration project ahead of schedule. Engineers battled extreme weather conditions and timetabling works around the tides of the Afon Dyfi (Dovey River), which…
Bristol City Conservative councillors will call for the mayor to stop pursuing plans for an underground metro system in the city as it is “unrealistic in terms of cost and timescale”.
A motion, to be moved by Conservative councillors at the meeting of Bristol City Council's Full Council on Tuesday 14…
Plans are set to be approved for a new railway station at Edginswell in Torquay, Devon.
Despite the council highlighting a £10M funding shortfall for the station in July, Network Rail filed its planning application for the project in August. A report submitted to Torbay Council's planning committee ahead of a…
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