Engineering - Page 2

Eighteen young people from across the North of England have taken their first step in a rail career, joining Northern Trains on an engineering apprenticeship.

The railway line between Hastings and Rye will close from Saturday 19 October to Sunday 3 November for major repairs in the Ore tunnel.

Balfour Beatty has commenced construction on a state-of-the-art £10.5 million wheel lathe facility in Holyhead.

The engineer, employed by EMC Elite Engineering Services Ltd (EMC), was repairing a conveyor at Chalfont Lane in West Hyde, Hertfordshire.

DCRail has entered a new three-year locomotive servicing contract with Leicester-based UK Rail Leasing to maintain its Class 60 fleet.

Network Rail engineering teams are deploying industrial-sized ballast excavators on the West Coast main line on four successive weekends in August as part of track upgrades through Stoke-on-Trent.

Technology to detect potential vegetation and infrastructure hazards automatically in real time is being trialled on the East Coast Main Line.

Harry Needle Railroad Company in partnership with Swietelsky for traction and maintenance support

The Island Line on the Isle of Wight is to close completely for a month from September, and partly for nine months.

Network Rail has warned passengers travelling between Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly that the railway will be closed in July and August between New Mills Central and Chinley in Derbyshire for emergency repair work.