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Cambridge signals to receive £194m upgrade

The Cambridge area’s 40-year-old signalling system is to be replaced over the next two years, following the award of £194 million worth of contracts.

25 Feb

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Sniffer dogs hired in fight to combat metal thefts

Network Rail has introduced sniffer dogs to try to reduce the theft of signalling cables in the North West.

24 Feb

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Work starts on Portway Park & Ride station

Construction has commenced on a new £4.2 million Portway Park & Ride station on the Severn Beach line.

17 Feb

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Forth Bridge visitor centre moves closer

Plans have been revived for a Forth Rail Bridge Visitor Centre

14 Feb

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Contest formally launches to find GBR’s new HQ

Ease of access, railway heritage, and alignment “to Levelling Up objectives” are among the criteria for the location of Great British Railways’ headquarters.

11 Feb

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Network Rail begins landslip monitoring trial

Network Rail is trialling a monitoring system that will give early warning of landslips.

9 Feb

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NR report hails success of Christmas engineering work

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

25 Jan

Samaritans Brew Monday illustration by James Norbury

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Samaritans Brew Monday returns to station concourses

Samaritans volunteers joined Network Rail and train operating company staff on January 17 to hold the first ‘Brew Monday’ station outreach events in two years

18 Jan

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Four miles of Heart of Wessex route renewed

Network Rail has relaid four miles of track on the Heart of Wessex route

22 Dec

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NR travel guide for autistic people

Vulnerable autistic people can now better travel independently, thanks to a Network Rail online guide

17 Dec

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Researchers hail success of leaf-buster train trials

A Warwickshire company believes that it can permanently solve the problem of leaves on the line, by fitting trains with anti-slip devices

14 Dec

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Inquiry begins into NR’s £69 million Oxford redevelopment scheme

A public inquiry is under way into Network Rail’s £69 million plan to redevelop Oxford station with a new entrance and additional platform.

9 Dec

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Rail improvements support review’s UKNET proposals

Establishing a strategic transport network is a central premise of Sir Peter Hendy CBE’s Union Connectivity Review final report.

9 Dec

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Keep pace with change… then get ahead of the curve

RAIL's webinar, which was the fourth in RAIL’s Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail series, focused on Accelerating innovation and modernisation.

25 Nov

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Bridge bashes: drivers are still ignoring warning signs

Somewhere in the UK, a road lorry or bus bashes into a railway bridge every five hours, leaving Network Rail to pick up a £5.5 million bill

23 Nov

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NR told to increase competition for signalling projects

Network Rail “needs to transform its approach to procuring and delivering signalling projects”, the Office of Rail and Road has reported.

19 Nov

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‘Future rail engineers’ ride the rails on HydroFLEX

Competition-winning school pupils journeyed on Porterbrook’s tri-mode HydroFLEX Class 799 unit

13 Nov

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Leaked NR log and statement prompted media chaos

Early news coverage of this incident on Sunday October 31/Monday November 1 was blighted by misinformation arising from an early Network Rail official statement

12 Nov

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