Latest From Rail
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Network 18 Jun
Beams in place at Bletchley flyover
Network Rail used a West Coast Main Line blockade over the early May Bank Holi-day to lift 103 concrete beams into place for a new flyover at Bletchley.
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Network 17 Jun
AWC trials app for self-navigation
Trials are taking place at Birmingham International of a mobile phone app that allows users to self-navigate with audio, live maps and written instructions
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Network 17 Jun
Nine-day blockade for Arun Valley upgrade
A nine-day blockade of the Arun Valley Line between Three Bridges and Littlehampton has been confirmed for August 14-22
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Network 17 Jun
Haines: It’s time for radical change
New public body Great British Railways (GBR) will not just be a reincarnation of Network Rail.
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Network 16 Jun
Three names on TBM shortlist
Three names have been shortlisted for the Tunnel Boring Machine
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Network 16 Jun
RAIB issues report after track worker death
The worker, who was acting as Controller of Site Safety, was hit by a passenger train travelling at 90mph
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Network 15 Jun
Recovery Group lays out plans for government rail funding cuts
Network Rail, train operating companies and unions have agreed to undertake “meaningful discussions” over how emergency government funding can be reduced.
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Network 15 Jun
TfW targets no net loss of biodiversity
Habitat is being replaced on a 2:1 basis as part of the project to provide a mile-long stabling line at Llanwern.
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Network 15 Jun
RSSB on COVID: we can be ‘cautiously optimistic’
Analysis of COVID-19 passenger infection risks shows that “we can all afford to be cautiously optimistic”, according to the RSSB.
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Network 14 Jun
Smart Transport delegates discuss air quality and mobility
More than 1,000 people registered to attend the virtual Smart Transport Conference on June 8-9.
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Network 9 Jun
Britain’s longest-serving railway worker retires
Sixty-eight years after he started working at London Waterloo station, the man thought to be Britain’s longest-serving railway worker has retired.
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Network 9 Jun
Day two of Virtual Smart Transport Conference gets underway
Transport minister Rachel Maclean is the keynote speaker for day two of a free virtual conference
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Network 8 Jun
NR video details Gauxholme repairs
A before-and-after video published by Network Rail reveals the poor condition of Gauxholme Viaduct on the Calder Valley route
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Network 8 Jun
Inverness Airport station ready for take-off
The path has been cleared for the new £14 million station to serve Inverness Airport.
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Network 8 Jun
Extra shifts for Motherwell rebuild
Construction teams are working extra night shifts and weekends to complete the £14.5 million second stage of Motherwell station’s modernisation.
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Network 8 Jun
Virtual Smart Transport Conference goes live today
RAIL’s sister brand Smart Transport is holding its virtual conference today and tomorrow
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Network 7 Jun
ORR authorises GBRf Class 69s
GB Railfreight has been authorised by the Office of Rail and Road to place its fleet of Class 69s into service.
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Network 7 Jun
Sign language screens at Euston
Passengers with severe hearing difficulties can now find out times of trains at London Euston
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Network 6 Jun
Gate freight revival
Stanton Gate freight sidings north of Toton have been brought out of mothballs for a new fragmented steel contract to Immingham
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Network 6 Jun
£1.1m to repair Stechford viaducts
The repair of two ailing viaducts at Stechford, on the Coventry-Birmingham route, is expected to cost £1.1 million
Top Stories
Recovery Group lays out plans for government rail funding cuts
Network Rail, train operating companies and unions have agreed to undertake “meaningful discussions” over how emergency government funding can be reduced.
EXCLUSIVE: The GB Railfreight Class 69 project explained
Inside the GBRf Class 69 project
Britain’s longest-serving railway worker retires
Sixty-eight years after he started working at London Waterloo station, the man thought to be Britain’s longest-serving railway worker has retired.
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