Infrastructure

Engineers are continuing a complex operation to repair the railway after a Northern train derailed in Grange-over-Sands on Friday 22 March 2024. The derailment involved a Northern train coming off the tracks at around 6am. A void in the ground...

Network Rail will start a £3.4m investment to carry out repairs on the 123-year-old Glenfinnan viaduct this month. Along with principal contractor AmcoGiffen, engineers will assess the condition and strength of the viaduct, while carrying out work to protect it...

The final two major structures being built to bring HS2 into Birmingham have been approved by local councils - marking another significant milestone for the project. Approval has been granted for the design of two new viaducts, meaning eight “Key...

Passengers travelling between New Mills Central and Manchester Piccadilly are being warned of disruption to train journeys as urgent work is carried out on the railway embankment. Emergency repair work is being carried out at two locations near New Mills, Derbyshire,...

Temporary service changes will be introduced on Metrolink this weekend following the discovery of a cracked rail in Manchester city centre. A 10-metre section of rail on Portland Street will be replaced between 5pm on Saturday 6th April and 5am...

£27m is to be spent by Network Rail to improve drainage on the East Midlands’ rail network, helping to prevent major disruption brought to passengers by landslips and heavy rain. Over the past year, there have been multiple incidents of...

British Steel has won a multi-million-pound contract to supply rail for a landmark new route in North Africa. In total, 9,500 tonnes of track, produced in Scunthorpe, will be delivered for Egypt’s Green Line railway – the country’s first fully...

Network Rail today announced the start of its five-year, £45.4bn* rail improvement plan aimed at delivering a simpler, better, greener railway that provides the best level of train performance possible and that’s more geared-up than ever before to cope...

UK railway engineering company 1stinrail has completed extensive track replacement work on the Keadby Drawbridge, the unique structure crossing the Stainforth and Keadby Canal that connects Doncaster with Scunthorpe and the Lincolnshire coast. 1stinrail Project Manager Ryan Hughes said: “This was a fascinating project...

Porterbrook, the UK’s leading rolling stock financier and asset management company, has successfully bid to finance the redevelopment of Bletchley depot for West Midlands Trains (WMT). Situated near Milton Keynes, the £66m upgrade programme is necessary for Bletchley to become...