Tags: Network Rail

Extensive Christmas engineering work will help to deliver significant benefits for passengers and continue with exciting new station builds.

29th November 2023

Passengers wishing to travel by rail this Christmas are being encouraged to check before travelling as extensive engineering work will be taking place across the Anglia region.  Major station construction programmes, track renewals, overhead line renewals, bridge demolitions and maintenance will be taking place over Christmas as part of a large package of engineering work […]

Commuters look forward to more reliable services as first passenger trains run to City of London using digital signalling

27th November 2023

Great Northern commuters today began travelling to the City of London in trains controlled by cutting-edge digital in-cab signalling (European Train Control System, or ETCS), giving them a more reliable, greener service. This is a significant milestone for the £1.4bn government-funded East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP), set to improve journeys along the East Coast Mainline, […]

Bigger and better Gatwick Airport station to open on 21 November

10th November 2023

A new look Gatwick Airport station is set to open to passengers on Tuesday 21 November, transforming the journey from train to plane and giving passengers travelling between Brighton and London easier, faster, more reliable journeys.  A bigger, better and brighter station with a new second concourse and airport entrance will double the space for […]

Essential track maintenance in early autumn between Norwich and Cromer, Sheringham, Great Yarmouth, and Lowestoft

25th September 2023

Network Rail will be conducting essential track maintenance and timber renewals between Norwich and Cromer, Sheringham, Great Yarmouth, and Lowestoft on five consecutive weekends starting this October. Work will take place over the following weekends: – Saturday 7 October and Sunday 8 October – Saturday 14 October and Sunday 15 October – Saturday 21 October […]

August engineering work on Ipswich-Lowestoft line to help keep trains on time

7th August 2023

Network Rail will be working on the East Suffolk Line for six consecutive days later this month to keep everyone safe and reduce the chance of disruption to passengers in future. Teams will be making vital improvements to a bridge that carries the railway over the River Deben between Melton and Wickham Market stations. The […]

Urgent Warwick station upgrade redesign begins after unexpected find

7th August 2023

Railway engineers are urgently redesigning Warwick station’s multi-million-pound accessibility upgrades after an unexpected discovery has forced teams to down tools. Network Rail was midway through the work to install new lift shafts down into the station’s subway to provide step-free access to both platforms for the first time. However, workers have found unexpected foundations believed […]

Hi-tech air purifying totem trials planned for Birmingham New Street

4th August 2023

Pioneering new devices will be trialled at Birmingham New Street station to see how much they improve air quality for passengers on platforms. Network Rail will install two upright ‘totems’ later this year to filter pollutants and viruses from the air on platforms 10 and 11. The purification systems work by taking in air at […]

Glasgow – Barrhead reopens to passengers following major upgrade works

4th August 2023

The Glasgow – Barrhead line has fully reopened to passengers today, Friday 4 August, following a £63.3 million upgrade. Since June 24, the line has been closed to allow engineers around-the-clock access to prepare the route for electrification as part of a Scottish Government investment to decarbonise the railway. Over 70,000 hours were worked during […]

Network Rail completes £3.8m bridge renewal ahead of schedule

3rd August 2023

Network Rail has delivered a £3.8 million programme of refurbishment work to the rail bridge spanning the A8 at Saltmarket near Glasgow Cross Network Rail, working alongside principal contractor for the project, STORY Contracting, delivered the refurbishment work as part of a wider programme to maintain and enhance bridges and tunnels across Scotland’s Railway.   […]