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Queen unveils Reading station, £895m rebuild

THE Queen officially opened the rebuilt Reading station on July 17.

6 Aug

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Watford Junction blockade to allow £80m resignalling

The West Coast Main Line will be closed or only able to run very limited services on three separate occasions this month, because of a series of blockades.

6 Aug

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Cost of Dawlish diversion could reach £3.1 billion - NR

Rebuilding the Exeter-Plymouth line via Okehampton would probably cost £875 million (including a 66% uplift in costs).

23 Jul

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NR fined £53.1m for missing CP4 performance targets

Network Rail delivered enhancements largely “on time and on budget” in Control Period 4 (April 2009-March 2014), according to the Office of Rail Regulation.

23 Jul

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£10.4m Halton Curve funding heads Local Growth projects

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced £10.4 million of funding for the long campaigned-for resignalling of the 11⁄2-mile Halton Curve.

23 Jul

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Network Rail announces £1.25bn 'profit' in 2013-2014

Network Rail recorded a nominal profit of £1.256 billion for the 2013/14 financial year, compared with £677 million in 2012/13, the company has reported.

25 Jun

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Chief executive Carne vows to cut NR operating costs

“We know that we did not do a good enough job in CP4 to deliver the reliability that customers want and expect,” Network Rail's Mark Carne admitted.

25 Jun

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RVEL unveils re-engineered Ultra73 for Network Rail

Network Rail’s prototype Class 73/9 Ultra73 locomotive was unveiled at Railway Vehicle Engineering Ltd’s Derby works on June 13.

25 Jun

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Conserving the railway's past

ANDY SAVAGE, executive director of the Railway Heritage Trust, talks to STEFANIE BROWNE about RHT's work

Maintenance and refurb 30 Apr

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Dawlish is back in business

RICHARD CLINNICK reports from Dawlish, as Network Rail celebrates re-connecting the South West to the UK network

Major projects 30 Apr

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Reconnecting the South West

The Sea wall has been breached by storms. RICHARD CLINNICK examines what happens now.

Investigations 5 Mar

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Thames Valley flooding adds to FGW weather woes

Passengers on First Great Western’s network suffered more misery at the hands of Mother Nature on February 11, after flooding caused severe delays

19 Feb

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Network Rail agrees to 20% cost reduction target in CP5

Some of the confirmed objectives that Network Rail has agreed with the Office of Rail Regulation, in the latter’s determination for Control Period 5

19 Feb

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UK rail network battered again by severe storms

The south of England and the Cumbrian coast bore the most visible scars of the storms that battered the UK over Christmas and early 2014.

22 Jan

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Simpson resigns from post of NR’s Scottish route MD

David Simpson, Network Rail Route Managing Director for Scotland, has resigned.

22 Jan

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Breckland’s signalling strife

The Breckland Line has suffered in recent months, following the introduction of Modular Signalling. But performance is seemingly on the way up.

Signalling 22 Jan

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Breckland's signalling strife

The Breckland Line has suffered in recent months following Modular Signalling introduction. RICHARD CLINNICK reports.

Signalling 22 Jan

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NR recovery plan improves Breckland Line performance

A proactive approach by Network Rail has transformed performance on the Breckland Line between Trowse Junction and Ely North Junction. By RICHARD CLINNICK

8 Jan

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