Rail Projects

The 170-year-old bridge over the river Wye is undergoing a major refurbishment as part of a wider package of work to secure the future of the Severn Estuary line.  Rail passengers travelling on the Severn Estuary Line can look forward...

Engineers working around the clock to repair a huge landslip at Hook in Hampshire aiming to reopen all four lines by Friday 24 February. Following the landslip, it was only possible to run one train every 90 minutes between Basingstoke...

The case for revolutionary proposals for the region’s rail network has been put to Rail Minister Huw Merriman during a visit to Birmingham today (Thursday February 9). The Minister joined Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands and Malcolm Holmes,...

Passengers are set to benefit from smoother, more reliable train journeys as Network Rail upgrade the tracks through Rolleston, Nottinghamshire this February. Between 9pm on Saturday 11 and 7am on Friday 17 February, engineers will remove and replace the rails,...

HS2’s plans for the Balsall Common Viaduct in Warwickshire, recently submitted to Solihull Council, incorporate local feedback focussing on environmental sustainability, landscape integration, visual connectivity and public access. HS2’s main works contractor, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), supported by a Design...

HS2 Ltd has today (8th February) set out plans which could radically improve capacity at Junction 6 of the M56 to support future growth and development aspirations around the proposed new HS2/NPR station at Manchester Airport. The proposals, developed in conjunction...

Work has begun to improve Platform 1 at Derby station, benefitting passengers travelling between Penzance and Edinburgh this Spring.  Yesterday (6 February) work got underway to resurface Platform 1, making it more resilient and better at draining water during heavy downpours....

Rail passengers are being advised of changes to journeys over the next four weekends while essential railway upgrades take place at Water Orton in North Warwickshire and Duddeston in Birmingham. Construction work will take place on two new structures which...

Commuters between Portishead and Bristol are a step closer to benefitting from a new rail link as the project to restore the disused railway through North Somerset reaches a new milestone. Network Rail has appointed VolkerFitzpatrick as the primary contractor...

Member of Parliament Derek Thomas met with representatives from Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) on Thursday 2 February at Long Rock Depot in Cornwall, where the rail companies are working with Cornwall Council on a multi-million-pound rail...