Infrastructure

UK infrastructure services and construction group Kier has been appointed by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) to lead the design of improvements to Heaton Park Metrolink stop in Prestwich, Greater Manchester.  The scheme, which is being delivered as part of...

Network Rail’s Wales and Borders route has become the first in the organisation to install local weather stations on existing GSM-R railway communication masts, providing more accurate, real-time information to help teams respond to severe weather. Ten stations have been...

Structural steel specialist Severfield plc has secured a place on Network Rail's £240 million steel supply framework. Severfield Structural Solutions is one of three suppliers selected for the £70 million steel piles framework, supporting the delivery of overhead line equipment...

Network Rail engineers will carry out essential work across Glasgow's Argyle line and Central Low Level station over two weekends later this month to help keep trains running reliably. Work will take place on 24 and 25 October and again...

Passengers are advised to plan ahead while a major programme of railway upgrades is carried out over the festive period, with no services able to call at or pass through Doncaster station on Christmas Eve. Network Rail engineers will renew...

From Saturday 17 October to Sunday 25 October, railway engineers will be replacing 1km of track that was severely flooded last year, helping to keep trains running safely and reliably for years to come. While work takes place, no trains...

Rail passengers are being urged to check before they travel after overhead lines which power trains were damaged in Stockport overnight. It happened shortly after midnight near Stockport viaduct and resulted in an empty Northern train being stranded and...

Network Rail is investing £200,000 to renew key equipment at Goole Swing Bridge and keep trains running safely and reliably over the River Ouse. Passengers are advised that the project will mean buses replace trains between Doncaster and Hull on...

Passengers are being reminded that a major phase of work to prepare the railway in Fife for electrification begins this weekend, with line closures and changes to train services planned. Starting this Saturday, teams will spend 18 days carrying out...

Great Western Railway (GWR) trains will be impacted by planned rail improvement work in the Cheltenham and Tewkesbury areas at weekends during October. Network Rail will carry out track renewals in the Cheltenham and Tewkesbury areas, plus track maintenance work...