Network Rail and the Railway Children raise over £130,000 to help vulnerable children

Network Rail has teamed up with the charity Railway Children to host a fifth annual sleepout event in railway stations across the country, raising money and awareness for the work being done to help the thousands of vulnerable young...

First electric train completes test run between Manchester and Stalybridge

An electric train has travelled for the first time between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU). Engineers have been testing the new electrification equipment installed along the route as part of the multi-billion-pound upgrade...

Northern stations win big at Cheshire Best Kept Stations Awards

Northern-managed stations have picked up top gongs at the Cheshire Best Kept Stations Awards. Alderley Edge won the top award, being named 'Cheshire Best Kept Station’ in 2023. It follows praise for the station by the Royal Horticultural Society in October 2023 when...

ORR says passengers need improved reliability and real-time information for station lifts

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) will take a deeper look at Network Rail’s approach to planning and carrying out lift maintenance and repairs. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has today published its report reviewing the reliability...

Major upgrade promises rail investment for Shipley

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is investing around £100 million in a new rail depot in Shipley. The scheme, which was announced on Thursday 14 March by Rail Minister Huw Merriman MP during a visit to Shipley Station, forms part...

Drone footage shows scale of landslip between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury

Network Rail has released new drone video footage showing the huge operation underway to repair a landslip on the railway in Telford affecting journeys between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury stations. Passengers are being advised that major work to safely reopen the...

Stadler secures fleet acceptance for Greater Anglia trains

Thanks to effective partnership working with Greater Anglia and Rock Rail, Stadler has reached fleet acceptance for the 58 FLIRTs manufactured and supplied for the East Anglia network. The contract for 38 bi-mode and 20 electric trains was Stadler’s...

Alstom plans to run new direct train services between North Wales, Shropshire, the Midlands and London

Alstom plans to operate a new passenger rail service across England and Wales. Working in partnership with consultancy SLC Rail, the open access operation will be known as Wrexham, Shropshire, and Midlands Railway (WSMR). As the country’s foremost supplier of...

Thriving railway hedges deliver biodiversity boost for Britain’s railway

A series of traditional “railway hedges” are thriving at a North London station - along one of Britain’s busiest main lines – following intervention by Network Rail and The Tree Council. Planted in 2018, a series of trial hedgerows has...

Liz Baldwin named new director for Southern Integrated Delivery

Liz Baldwin has been appointed as the Southern Integrated Delivery (SID) director to deliver Network Rail’s Southern region’s renewals portfolio for the next 10 years. The SID is part of the Southern Renewals Enterprise (SRE), a new and innovative model...

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Network Rail and the Railway Children raise over £130,000 to help vulnerable children

Network Rail has teamed up with the charity Railway Children to host a fifth annual sleepout event in railway...