Rail Business

Detailed reports from taskforces led by renowned specialists Lord Robert Mair and Dame Julia Slingo, commissioned by Network Rail following the Stonehaven tragedy, published today.Reviews offer independent assessment of current practice and expert guidance on how to improve railway...

Contract to extend Network Rail Regions reporting function. Network Rail has awarded their latest analytics contract to Prōject (EU). This is the fourth phase of work involving the migration of Oracle Business Intelligence reporting to the Azure cloud, extending the...

The Railway Industry Association’s (RIA) Innovation Conference has today announced its new, exciting keynote speaker, Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke, who will share his insights into what rail can learn from space missions at an exclusive interview. During his time at NASA, Charlie...

Network Rail has completed almost week of engineering work on the line from Staines to Windsor and Eton Riverside to improve services and boost the reliability of the railway for decades to come. Over seven days between Saturday 6 to...

Intelligent video specialist, One Big Circle has successfully secured a contract with Network Rail to detect critical faults on the conductor rail of the electric sections of routes. One Big Circle’s solution combines its award-winning AIVR (Automated Intelligent Video...

Network Rail has awarded a 25-year contract to Cellnex UK to provide continuous connectivity on the 51-mile stretch from London Bridge and Victoria stations, via Clapham Junction and East Croydon, all the way to Brighton. Shaun King, Sussex route director...

HS2 began work this week on the UK’s longest railway bridge, with an expert team of ground engineers sinking the first of almost 300 piles that will form the foundations for the Colne Valley Viaduct. The viaduct, which will carry...

Earth beside the Chiltern main line in Warwickshire has been secured from landslips to provide more reliable journeys for passengers. Network Rail engineers stabilised a slope on the south side of Harbury tunnel between Leamington Spa and Banbury as part...

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has appointed Nilesh (Neil) Sachdev as Chair of the East West Railway Company (EWR Co.) Mr Sachdev has been appointed for a term of three years and will oversee the delivery of the East West Rail...

The Stourbridge Town branch line has undergone major track upgrades to provide passengers with a smoother service. VolkerRail upgraded the track along this unique passenger service under a week long blockade, which started on Saturday 6 March and ended on...