Infrastructure

One month on, services are running again on the Furness line between Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness. Network Rail engineers have been working around the clock to restore the railway at Grange-over-Sands after a Northern train left the tracks. A void in the...

The Great Central Railway is preparing to submit a planning application for it’s ambitious Reunification scheme. A new image has been released of the urban viaduct section, which will carry the line linking the two separate halves of the...

Network Rail engineers have successfully repaired the embankment as part of a complex operation to recover the railway after a train derailed in Grange-over-Sands on Friday 22 March. The next step is to relay the ballast (railway stones) and track...

HS2 has begun foundation works for a key bridge that will take a major A road over the new high-speed railway just outside Brackley, after successfully completing the temporarily realignment of both carriageways. The A43 – which links Oxford, Brackley...

Members of the Channel Tunnel Study Group carried out detailed geological and economic studies into the feasibility of the “Chunnel” from the 1950’s onwards. A selection of their work, which paved the way for it to open in May...

A major project to refurbish the historic footbridge at Cullercoats Metro station in North Tyneside has been completed, allowing it to re-opened for customers. Nexus, the public body which runs Metro, has invested £579,000 in the works, which formed part...

Great Western Railway (GWR) services in Hereford and Worcester will be affected by essential engineering work next week. Ensuring the safe and reliable operation of the railway, Network Rail plans to replace the tracks between Worcester Shrub Hill and Evesham...

Network Rail, East Midlands Railway (EMR), and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) are encouraging passengers to check their journey before travelling as major engineering work to upgrade the Midland Main Line continues throughout April and May. Engineers will be working across...

A new £3.6m footbridge and lifts are now in place at Dumfries station. That’s after Network Rail engineers worked through the night on Saturday (April 13) into Sunday to install the steel structures, which will provide step-free access to the...

The railway between Redhill and Tonbridge will reopen for the start of service on Monday morning after Network Rail’s engineers successfully completed emergency landslip repairs at Bough Beech, near Edenbridge in Kent. Over the last two weeks, engineers have worked...