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Braybrooke embankment repair work progressing well

Work to stabilise part of the embankment on the Midland Main Line at Braybrooke is progressing well with engineers confident passenger services will be able to use the line tomorrow (Thursday 9 November). Engineers have been working at the Braybrooke...

Mechan wins TfW depot contract

Sheffield-based rail depot equipment manufacturer, Mechan, has secured a major contract with Transport for Wales Rail (TfWRL). The company will be designing, building, and installing a bespoke bogie drop at the Canton rail depot in Cardiff. The custom-made unit enables...

Tended’s geofencing technology being implemented by Story Contracting to improve worksite safety

Story Contracting will begin using Tended’s geofencing technology to enhance the safety of their track workers when undertaking projects across their UK workbank. The technology will be used across a range of different work types in multiple locations. Tended...

ORR prompts Network Rail to clear backlog on structure examination

ORR has today written to Network Rail over its concerns about a backlog in examining the condition of its railway structures such as bridges, tunnels, and culverts. This is essential to ensure that faults do not go undetected (or...

Telent completes communications systems upgrades at major international stations

Essential work to upgrade communications systems across the HS1 rail network has been completed with minimal disruption at some of the UK’s busiest international rail stations. Telent was contracted by High Speed 1 (HS1) to upgrade all critical systems from...

FirstClass Safety & Control awarded contract to enhance Transport for Wales Depot Safety

UK Rail Depot safety control specialist FirstClass Safety and Control Ltd (FirstClass) announces success with the award of the contract to enhance the safety of Transport for Wales’s (TfW) Canton Depot. The UK-based rail safety specialist has been commissioned to...

Network Rail approves Enerpac’s Lightweight Rail Stressing Kit

The Enerpac RP70A lightweight rail stressing kit for railway maintenance crews is now Network Rail approved. The RP-70A hydraulic rail stressor and Enerpac ZC3-Series battery powered stressing pump provide a cordless, zero emission, rail stressor kit for rail track...

QTS awarded Platinum status by Investors in Young People

QTS Group has become the first rail company to be awarded the Platinum Investors in Young People good practice award, one of only eight businesses in Scotland to hold this coveted title. The rail infrastructure contractor, headquartered in Drumclog, took...

Landslip highlights importance of resilience upgrades on Newport to Gloucester line

Network Rail is undertaking the mammoth task of installing 27,000 square metres of a new rock-mesh-system along a three-mile section of the Newport to Gloucester railway line, including at the location of a recent landslip. The Severn Estuary Railway Line...

Spencer Group complete major upgrade works to bring rail depot back to life

Multi-disciplinary engineering company Spencer Group has completed major upgrade works to Manchester International Depot to transform it into a modern train servicing and stabling facility. Spencer Group M&E was selected by Northern as its delivery partner for the building and...

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Network Rail and the Railway Children raise over £130,000 to help vulnerable children

Network Rail has teamed up with the charity Railway Children to host a fifth annual sleepout event in railway...