A £2.7m project to improve reliability and performance of train services in Glasgow’s southside is set to get underway this August. The work involves replacing sections of the track on both sides of Pollokshields West Station, including 1.5 miles of new rails, 2,500 sleepers and 2,000 tonnes of ballast (the stone that supports the track). […]
Work to install the foundations of a new footbridge at the relocated Hairmyres station has begun. Network Rail and contractor AmcoGiffen will be carrying out piling works over the next two weeks (11 to 25 July) as part of the East Kilbride Enhancements project. Engineers will use a 58-tonne piling rig to drive 24 steel […]
A new footbridge was installed last weekend (June 10 -11) at Strathbungo in Glasgow’s southside. Network Rail, along with contractor Bam Nuttall, put the new footbridge in place as part of the Glasgow to Barrhead electrification project, a Scottish Government investment to decarbonise Scotland’s railway passenger services. The single-span bridge was successfully lifted into place […]
Carstairs Junction will be modernised as part of a £164m Scottish Government investment in the railway. Passengers are being reminded that the West Coast main line will close for 16 days from Saturday (March 4) as engineers deliver a vital programme of work to upgrade Carstairs Junction. The closure of the line, between March 4 […]
Work is now under way to build the new Leven station as part of the £116m Scottish Government funded Levenmouth Rail Link project. Leven will be one of two new stations built on the route, alongside Cameron Bridge, reconnecting communities in Levenmouth to the rail network for the first time in over 50 years. The […]
The West Coast main line will close for 16 days in March as Network Rail engineers deliver a vital programme of work to upgrade Carstairs Junction. The closure of the line, between March 4 and March 19, is the first phase of a three-month programme of work which will also see trains diverted and […]
Work to demolish the old station platforms at Cameron Bridge is now complete. Following the successful completion of the first mile in March, and significant progress on the second mile, the removal of the old platforms of the former Cameron Bridge station clears the way for the next stages of track work. The old platforms […]
Local people in Leven and Cameron Bridge will get the first chance to see the plans for the station developments that will be delivered as part of the Levenmouth Rail link project. Network Rail will unveil the final plans for the new stations at two drop-in events to be held near to the proposed station […]
Work to construct the new bridge over the railway at Nithsdale Road in Glasgow’s Southside is now underway following successful demolition of the old structure. The project, part of the Glasgow-Barrhead electrification works, will see a new bridge deck constructed higher over the railway to enable overhead electrification wires to run safely beneath the structure. […]
The first request-stop kiosk on the Far North Line will go on trial at Scotscalder station from Monday 15 August. The kiosk at Scotscalder, the first of eight that will be rolled out across the Highland route, will allow passengers to access the next planned service electronically and eliminate the need to hand-signal the driver […]
