Engineering - Page 3

Traditionally a male-dominated industry, rail is seeing a surge in female representation, with companies like TransPennine Express (TPE), Northern and Greater Anglia leading the charge.

The economic prospects of Birmingham and Manchester are being seriously damaged because of the Government’s failure to come up with any plans to improve the West Coast Main Line, to replace the cancelled northern leg of HS2, writes Howard Johnston.

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) says the Government needs to flesh out its railway proposals in northern England and the Midlands.

The famous St Rollox rail depot in Glasgow is set to be re-opened after train manufacturer Gibson’s Engineering announced that it was to open its new engineering facility on the site.

Network Rail Eastern Region has outlined the framework of its Eastern Routes Partnership (ERP) which will be in place for the whole Control Period 7 (CP7).

Passenger disruption will likely continue for a month as engineers stabilise weak embankment.

Employees face redundancy as the UK’s biggest supplier of road-rail vehicles enters administration.

Network Rail has commended its latest Christmas and New Year engineering period as a great success,

A “fundamental shift in funding to local level” is needed to help level up English towns, according to a report by the National Infrastructure Commission.

Network Rail is shifting a major engineering blockade to account for changing travel patterns since the pandemic.