Topic: Network Rail

Acting chair Mike Putnam appointed at Network Rail

Following the appointment of Lord Peter Hendy as Minister of State at the Department for Transport, Network Rail’s senior non-executive director, Mike Putnam, has been appointed as acting…
UK warns against a summer of vandalism

The rail industry in the UK is bracing for a sharp rise in vandalism over the summer. The spike in incidents follows a pattern of the traditional summer…
Network Rail chief joins UK government

The new Labour Party government has announced its team of ministers in charge of transport. The new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has appointed his shadow team to the…
Severn Tunnel closed for another major track replacement

Some say endless jobs are “like painting the Forth Bridge”. In the West Country, they may well say it’s more like “track renewals in the Severn Tunnel”. Less…
A London bridge is falling down

A summer of possession is just a month away. What may appear to rail users as the mouth to the tunnel under Hackney Downs is actually a road…
Over five hundred extra crossings between Wales and England

UK infrastructure agency Network Rail has made a safety warning over 564 extra level crossings. It’s even more on Saturdays. – 658 of them. More precisely, that’s around…
Samaritans train 30,000 in suicide prevention

Samaritans, the UK-wide volunteer service for personal support, has teamed up with Network Rail, the UK government’s infrastructure agency. Together, they have trained over 30,000 rail staff to help…
UK Regulator mandates greater clarity over use of rail network

The Office of Rail and Road has published a new track access dashboard. The online resource makes available, in an easily accessible format, a wealth of information on…
Leven countdown is less than four weeks to go

Less than a month to go until Scotland gets its newest railway. Progress is being made all along the Levenmouth Rail Link, ahead of the return of passenger…
York Central to be a vast railway redevelopment

The city of York is, for many reasons, at the heart of the British railway network. Now, its railway heritage is providing the land for a huge regeneration.…
Grange-over-Sands derailment proved over-complicated

Engineers from Network Rail, the British infrastructure agency, have had their work cut out. They have been flat out in their recovery and repair efforts following the train…
Network Rail signals huge train control revamp

Britain’s railway signalling and control system is set to undergo the biggest shake-up in the history of the network. The infrastructure agency, Network Rail, has announced a decade-long…
Harry Potter bridge overhaul: a job for rail wizards

The Glenfinnan Viaduct has been famous for 123 years. Its fame was renewed as the route of Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Express. Now it is to undergo a major…
Network Rail’s five years of major projects

The British infrastructure agency Network Rail has been reviewing the past five years of its ongoing investment programme. The UK Government body has just concluded its sixth five-year…
Hynes moves on, does Scotland’s railway move too?

It was possibly the least surprising head-hunting move of the year. The Managing Director of Scotland’s Railway and Network Rail Scotland, Alex Hynes, has been appointed Director General…