Rail Projects

Carstairs Junction will be modernised as part of a £164m Scottish Government investment in the railway.   Passengers are being reminded that the West Coast main line will close for 16 days from Saturday (March 4) as engineers deliver a vital...

HS2 Ltd has released the first of a 12-part podcast series exploring the story behind the construction of its high speed rail line. The podcast series features industry experts and special guests giving their unique insight on a whole range...

Passengers travelling between Manchester and Leeds are being reminded to plan ahead as the Transpennine Route Upgrade pushes ahead with its biggest piece of work so far in Stalybridge. From Saturday 11 March to Wednesday 5 April, services between Manchester...

Passengers are now benefiting from major improvements to the Bakerloo line and London Overground which will provide more reliable journeys between London Euston and Watford Junction in the future. Engineers worked between Saturday 11 and Sunday 19 February to overhaul...

Network Rail has given a 143-year-old bridge in the North York Moors a new lease of life to improve reliability for rail passengers travelling on the Esk Valley line for the next 120 years. Over the weekend (Saturday 18 and...

Rail passengers in West Cornwall are set to enjoy a more accessible St Ives branch line following confirmation of a step-free footbridge to be built at St Erth station. A new step-free bridge with lifts will be installed at St...

Following a wall collapse and landslip at Yarnton near Oxford on Friday evening, part of the railway line between Oxford and Worcester is closed while Network Rail undertakes emergency repairs to the bridge and surrounding land. On the evening of...

Plans to bring high speed rail to Manchester are already well underway. To inform next steps in the Parliamentary process, HS2 is engaging local communities to discuss proposed changes to its construction designs to reduce future flood impacts in...

One of the largest re-signalling schemes undertaken in the UK, the Cambridge Re-signalling project, will be supported by digital infrastructure specialists Telent for its telecommunication needs. The project will improve the reliability of the infrastructure and will therefore provide...

Rail passengers are being advised of a 10-day railway closure from this Saturday on the Buxton line for essential railway repairs in Whaley Bridge. Network Rail is investing £5.1m to replace a Grade II listed bridge which takes the railway...