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M6 opens early after successful railway bridge installation

The M6 through Cumbria has reopened 13 hours earlier than planned after the successful installation of a 4,200-tonne railway bridge over the motorway this weekend. Clifton railway bridge near Penrith has been replaced by Network Rail and its principal contractor...

ScotRail issues alternative travel plan during Fife electrification project

ScotRail has confirmed its alternative travel arrangements for customers during essential engineering work to electrify the railway between Edinburgh and Fife. No trains will operate between Haymarket and Dalmeny from Saturday 17 January to Sunday 25 January inclusive, while engineers...

Upcoming engineering work to support digital signalling programme

Further digital signalling progress will be among various planned railway upgrades taking place over four consecutive weekends – affecting passenger journeys south of Peterborough towards London. The engineering work from 31 January will deliver a range of improvements – including...

Upgraded railway reopens in Carlisle

Rail journeys on the West Coast Main Line are now more reliable after a once-in-a-generation overhaul of the signalling system in Carlisle. Network Rail has invested £61 million into the Kingmoor resignalling project to modernise 1960s systems and replace them...

Alstom wraps up £49 million signalling works on Farncombe to Petersfield line

Alstom is celebrating after it successfully delivered new innovative signalling, first-of-type level crossings and other assets between Farncombe in Surrey and Petersfield in Hampshire on the Portsmouth Direct line. The £49 million project has upgraded a section of UK railway...

Christmas work delivers a better railway for passengers

Rail teams across Anglia have successfully delivered a range of engineering work over the festive period which has improved the railway for passengers. While millions of people tucked into their Christmas dinners, hundreds of engineers were out in force to...

£7 million upgrade boosts Scotland’s rail freight network

Network Rail has delivered £7 million worth of rail improvements in North Lanarkshire, strengthening one of the most critical freight corridors in Scotland.  Mossend is a vital hub for moving goods across the country. It’s home to three major freight depots and last year handled...

Impressive time-lapse released of weekend railway bridge demolition over M6

Motorists, rail passengers, and residents impacted by the £60 million renewal of a major West Coast Main Line railway bridge are being thanked after disruptive demolition work was successfully completed this weekend. The huge project near Penrith in Cumbria involves...

Railway junction near Slough reopens following successful improvement work

The railway line at a junction between Slough and Reading (Dolphin Junction) has reopened following the successful completion of Network Rail’s essential engineering work, which took place over the festive period. Engineers worked throughout Christmas and New Year to renew...

Full SWR services resume after upgrades between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction

South Western Railway services resumed this morning (Monday 5 January) between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction following 11 days of engineering work on one of the busiest stretches of railway in the country More than 350 engineers have worked around...

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New chairs of Network Rail and DFTO named

Two key rail leaders have been appointed to oversee the railways at a monumental time for the industry today, Monday...