Articles by Rich Wilcock - Page 5

Construction is continuing at pace at Porterbrook’s Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre (RIC) as it installs its 3.5 kilometre (2.1 miles) electrified track.

MPs have quizzed Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander after national media reports of a rail nationalisation blunder that is claimed to have cost taxpayers £250 million.

Lord Hendy responds to question asking about pathing for freight on the route

Network Rail is expecting work at Greek Street Roundabout in Stockport to result in “as little disruption as possible” to the West Coast Main line when work begins on the site on April 19.

Network Rail’s stockpile of rails will last a year despite any possible disruption in the supply from British Steel’s Scunthorpe Works.

As part of a wide-ranging programme to revamp how it approaches designing a station, Network Rail has looked to prefabrication. Richard Wilcock finds out more.

Separation of powers was discussed at March's All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group.

London St. Pancras Highspeed, the newly branded name for HS1 Ltd, has unveiled an initiative designed to enhance international rail travel between the UK and Europe.

A signalling error where the signaller forgot the level crossing gates were open was the cause of a passenger train collision with a car, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has found.

Demonstration track aims to show how the system can be implemented more quickly than traditional trams.