Structures

Network Rail is undertaking critical repair work at Ouse Valley Viaduct in Sussex to help maintain this iconic and critical railway structure for another 180 years. The iconic Grade II listed viaduct, situated in Sussex between Balcombe and Haywards Heath,...

Passengers and motorists are strongly urged to check their travel plans as Network Rail prepares for a multi-million-pound bridge replacement this weekend. Network Rail is investing over £22 million to rebuild a 42-metre-long, 2000-tonne railway bridge that takes trains over...

Contractors building a new viaduct for HS2 today made history as they lowered into place its final deck segment in an operation that crowns it as Britain’s new longest rail bridge. The gently-curved 3.4km kilometre (2.1 mile) long structure on...

Buses will replace trains between Hastings, Rye and Ashford International while engineers work on the Ore tunnel. Essential work in the tunnel will improve drainage and prevent water seeping through the tunnel walls, damaging the railway equipment inside it. Sections...

A viaduct in Northamptonshire has officially become the first on the HS2 project to be completed as engineers working for the high speed rail project installed the last stretch of parapet along the sides. The 163-metre-long Highfurlong Brook Viaduct, near...

Methilhill and Cameron Bridge will have a new active travel bridge to connect the communities later this month. Network Rail will crane the 129-metre structure into position over the next fortnight, connecting the various active travel paths under construction as...

Production of concrete segments used to construct HS2’s 5-mile Northolt Tunnel has been completed in a major milestone for subcontractor PACADAR UK. The company began work on the production of the segments in April 2022 and have completed the production...

Network Rail is set to carry out track work on the Grade II listed Kew Railway Bridge between Kew Gardens and Gunnersbury stations during four weekends from September to October. Kew railway bridge carries both London Overground’s Richmond-Stratford line and...

Train services along the Severn Beach and Filton lines have resumed on Saturday 24 August after seven days of essential round-the-clock work to renew track and replace a railway bridge. Work started with the replacement of a railway bridge over...

Network Rail is investing £16 million to replace the uniquely designed bridge that takes the Greek Street roundabout, Stockport, over the West Coast main line. The original bridge, which was constructed in 1958, has reached the end of its life...