Rail Projects

Passengers travelling along the Midland Main Line between London St Pancras and the north are being urged to check before they travel as engineering work between Leicester and Kettering will impact on journeys on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6...

Network Rail has submitted an application for listed building consent to Highland Council to carry out temporary repairs on Glenfinnan viaduct.  Work is required on cracking above one of the spans (concrete arches) of the structure, and a temporary brace...

Construction of a temporary bridge in Kibworth has begun whilst essential work to adapt the existing bridge takes place, paving the way for a fully electrified railway between Kettering and Wigston.  School Road bridge will be demolished this Autumn, before...

A team of 250 people have worked around the clock to move HS2's huge 5,600 tonne bridge into place under the Coventry to Leamington Spa railway in Warwickshire. The operation to slide the 22 metres long and 11 metres...

The line closure from Guildford to Petersfield saw teams working around the clock from Monday 24 to Friday 28 July. Network Rail engineers have successfully completed an ambitious 15 engineering projects in just five days at multiple worksites along the...

HS2 Ltd is the only organisation in the UK to achieve and retain a prestigious accreditation standard established to recognise exceptional commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the workforce. The Clear Assured Platinum Standard, which was first achieved...

Rail passengers are being reminded of major railway upgrades which will impact journeys between Aylesbury, Princes Risborough and Amersham from next week (Monday 7 August). The first stage of work will see Network Rail engineers making permanent repairs to a...

HS2’s first two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) in London, Sushila and Caroline, have completed the first mile of twin-bored tunnel in the capital. Since launch in November 2022, the 2,000-tonne TBMs have both installed over 847 tunnel rings each, made...

Production of over 83,000 concrete tunnel segments for HS2 has begun at a new facility at Hartlepool docks. STRABAG was awarded the contract to manufacture the segments in October 2021 and chose Hartlepool as the location for their new...

Major upgrades on the Trent Valley line to improve future rail journeys for passengers and freight services is now complete. The railway reopened today (Monday 24 July) after essential improvements to the West Coast main line through Staffordshire. During a nine-day...