Permanent Way
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...
Company News
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...
Company News
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...
Industry News
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...
Electrification
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...
Depot
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...
Company News
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...
Company News
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...
Environment
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...
Company News
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...
Latest News
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...