Tags: Network Rail

Six weeks to go: Majority of rail network open over festive period but passengers urged to check before travelling

More than 95% of rail network open for business as normal, but some routes will be affected. Network Rail will be undertaking around 400 projects as part of a £142m upgrade programme over Christmas and New Year to improve your railway and provide better, more reliable services for passengers across Britain. Timetables now live; passengers […]

Network Rail successfully completes four major projects across Kent, East Sussex and South London as part of October half term engineering work

Rail passengers have been thanked for their patience while Network Rail completed major projects on the Isle of Sheppey, suburban south London, and in the countryside of Kent and East Sussex. After four years of preparation work, a new signalling system was brought into use in the Tulse Hill, Peckham Rye and Crystal Palace areas […]

Birmingham stations ready to welcome Christmas market visitors

As Birmingham’s famous Christmas market opens for another year, the region’s railway is ready to help get passengers safely to and from festivities and celebrations.   Birmingham New Street, along with Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill, plays a vital role in getting people to and from the Christmas market and bars, shops and […]

Weekend engineering works on c2c routes: 50-year-old rail to be replaced before Christmas

Passengers on Trenitalia c2c are being encouraged to check before they travel as essential works are planned by Network Rail over a number of weekends in November and December. Engineers will be replacing more than 3,800 metres of rail that was first installed in 1967 and 1968. The rail has worn out over time and […]

Green light for 30 acre industrial-led logistics campus at Bow Goods Yard

An outline masterplan to regenerate over 30 acres of brownfield land at Bow Goods Yard, East London, into a rail freight campus and last mile logistics hub has been unanimously approved by the London Legacy Development Corporation. Bow Goods Yard is the final parcel of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic legacy land to be unlocked […]

Network Rail completes work to rebuild motorway bridge near Rochdale

Rail passengers and motorists are being thanked for their patience during work to demolish and rebuild a bridge over the M62. The railway between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale reopened this morning (25 September) following a 19-day closure, allowing Network Rail to complete the £22m essential upgrade. In recent months, engineers excavated over 50,000 tonnes of […]

Story Contracting secures place on Network Rail’s CP7 Scotland framework

Story Contracting is one of five organisations that will receive a share of up to £1.3bn worth of contracts to keep Scotland’s Railway safe and reliable for the next five years. Network Rail has announced the contracts as part of the new Scotland Civils Framework – a three Lot agreement between the company and the […]

Network Rail and Transport for Wales join forces to cut journey times between Cardiff and Manchester

Passengers travelling between Cardiff, Manchester and Holyhead can now benefit from faster journeys after Network Rail and Transport for Wales (TfW) worked together to remove dozens of historic speed restrictions for trains on the route. The Class 67 locomotives which haul Mark 4 carriages on TfW’s Premier Service trains had previously seen their speed limited […]

Story supports the electrification of Midland Main Line

A major milestone has been hit as the line between Kettering and Wigston has successfully been electrified, allowing for greener and quieter journeys along the Midland Main Line in the future. On behalf of Network Rail, Story Contracting played a key part in the project. The Story team were responsible for changes to six structures […]

Major railway upgrades to improve passengers journeys for years to come in Leicester

Network Rail is to carry out more than £5 million of major engineering work south of Leicester station which will improve reliability for passengers for years to come. On Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 August, engineers will be replacing a key set of switches and crossings, the specialist equipment used by trains to change from […]