Electrification

Work is progressing well on the billion-pound East Coast Digital Programme with work being carried out further up the line between Peterborough and Grantham. Network Rail engineers will be working on the East Coast Main Line over the weekends of...

Leading transport infrastructure provider Octavius Infrastructure Ltd (Octavius) has completed the acquisition of specialist rail consultant Navitas Engineering Group (Navitas). Navitas, through Navitas Engineering and Permarail provides electrical engineering consultancy services to the railway and electricity supply industries. Their 30...

Network Rail has achieved a significant milestone on the £63.3 million Glasgow-Barrhead electrification project with the first electric test train running on the route. The train (a Class 380) successfully completed test runs from between 15mph up to 75mph along...

Network Rail has announced the awarding of £61.5 million worth of contracts for the delivery of the East Kilbride Enhancement Project. Contracts have been awarded to Story Contracting, AmcoGiffen, SPL Powerlines, Siemens, Rail Systems Alliance Scotland, and WSP to deliver...

Network Rail and train operators are urging passengers intending to use the East Coast Main Line to check before they travel as the railway is returned to normality following a dewirement. Services faced disruption throughout the evening on Thursday 2...

Major engineering works have begun as improvements are brought to the power supply between Leeds and Neville Hill, as well as track upgrades at Church Fenton. These developments are part of the multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade which has already brought...

Network Rail has completed a set of engineering work at Royston which, for the first time in its Eastern region, has been carried out with the worksite producing zero carbon emissions. Teams worked over four nights to complete overhead line...

Speaking today at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that he is cancelling ‘the rest of the HS2 project’ and that the line run from Birmingham Curzon Street to London Euston. Sunak promised that the...

Network Rail is advising passengers to check before they travel as major engineering work will impact on services between Bedford and London St Pancras over the next two weekends. Work is being carried out as part of the Midland Main...

SPL Powerlines UK has been presented with a ‘gold disc’ for becoming a gold level partner of the Rail Safe Friendly programme. Rail Safe Friendly, which is run by digital education provider Learn Live, was launched in March 2023 and...