Rail News
Emergency work begins on railway bridge to allow Gainsborough road to reopen
Network Rail engineers have begun emergency work to repair a damaged railway bridge which has caused the A159 between Morton and Blyton, near Gainsborough, to close.
The road has been closed since mid-February following the underside of the bridge being...
Rail News
Emergency anti-erosion work underway for Cumbrian viaduct
Passengers are being advised of urgent repair work on the railway viaduct over the River Derwent in Workington, Cumbria.
During a recent inspection, Network Rail’s engineers found that the base of two of the supporting pillars have started to erode....
Environment
Planning approval received for HS2’s Burton green tunnel
HS2 has received Schedule 17 planning permission from Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council for the design of the green tunnel at Burton Green.
The designs respond to community feedback, focusing on bigger and better green spaces around the railway, following public...
High Speed Rail
Last HS2 tunnel boring machine in the West Midlands begins dig towards Birmingham
On Tuesday 5 March, HS2 launched the last tunnel boring machine (TBM) to dig tunnels for the new high speed railway in the West Midlands.
The 125-metres-long TBM has started on its journey to dig the second bore of HS2’s...
Environment
Recycled plastic sleepers laid in historic Perthshire railway tunnel
A 175-year-old Perthshire railway tunnel has been given a new lease of life in a £6 million project delivered by Network Rail.
Trains travelling through Moncrieffe tunnel, south of Perth, will now be running on rails supported by recycled plastic...
High Speed Rail
HS2’s TBM ‘Florence’ breaks through at end of longest tunnel
HS2’s first giant tunnelling machine broke through yesterday (28 February) at the end of her 10-mile (16km) journey under the Chilterns, excavating the longest tunnel on the ambitious new rail project.
The enormous 2,000 tonne Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), named...
Permanent Way
Major engineering work completed at UK’s only sliding bridge
Network Rail engineers have completed a mammoth nine-day programme of engineering work at the UK’s only sliding canal bridge in Keadby, near Scunthorpe.
Teams have worked around the clock since midnight on Saturday 17 February until the early hours of...
Environment
New Dalston bridge to be lifted into place this weekend
A project by Network Rail to replace a 100-year-old bridge on Kingsbury Road in Dalston is reaching an important milestone this coming weekend.
Over Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 January, the brand new bridge structure will be lifted into place...
Rail News
Troon station rebuild pushes forward
Network Rail has taken another significant step forward in the rebuild of the platform one building at Troon station.
Engineers have installed the steel which forms the framework of the structure and creates the footprint for the new building at...
HS2
HS2 begins epic year-long, half-kilometre viaduct deck slide
Engineers this week began a delicate job that will see almost half a kilometre of bridge deck slid into position over the next year, high above the Misbourne Valley in Buckinghamshire, as HS2’s innovative Wendover Dean Viaduct enters a...
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...