Stations

Amanda White, former head of rail with Transport for Greater Manchester, has appointed to be West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE)’s new interim programme director, to work on the development of railway stations in the West Midlands. She joins the WMRE...

This week, it was the turn of Network Rail’s Bristol Temple Meads station to be lit up in blue to show solidarity with front-line NHS staff and key workers across the country. To coincide with the national show of appreciation...

Refurbishment of a historic railway footbridge has been completed at New Mills Newtown station in the Derbyshire Peak District. The stairs and overbridge were strengthened and the 157-year-old steel structure has been grit blasted and fully repainted. The Grade-II listed...

Three key Network Rail stations have turned blue to show their support for the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic. To coincide with the weekly tribute to NHS, care staff, health professionals and other key workers, the Network Rail managed stations...

While rail travel has been cut back to key workers only, and everyone else is working from home, where does that leave the thousands of season-ticket holders who have spent a lot of money on them? Because of this, independent...

Leeds is vibrant and thriving, its cityscape undergoing perpetual transformation as glass and steel are jemmied into gaps between historic buildings - industrial, commercial, civic - many of which are, in turn, evolving for modern city living. London, Birmingham, Manchester,...

In spring 2019 (issue 179, June 2019), Rail Engineer reported on the considerable work that was being undertaken at Market Harborough on the Midland main line; not just on the route itself but also on the station and surrounding...

Mark Wild is set to become the new chief executive of Crossrail.

ETFE, which has been used at Birmingham New Street, Carlisle Citadel, and Manchester Piccadilly stations, is much lighter than glass, offers greater light transmission and is shatterproof.

In July, Network Rail embarked on a £200 million remodelling of Derby station and the railway that surrounds it. The project team had 79 days to complete the work and it would have to do so, for the most part, without closing the station.