Greater Manchester’s Salford Central to close for six months of improvement works
Salford Central, the forgotten hub of Greater Manchester, is to be given a facelift and overhaul by Network Rail, but will close for up to six months in 2023. The work will restore some of...Read more
UK East Coast Digital signalling upgrade means January diversions
Enabling work at weekends in early January and mid-February will mean diverted services on the East Coast Main Line. The work will hasten the introduction of digital signalling ETCS to the route famous for the...Read more
Rise of the machines: Network Rail puts Artificial Intelligence on track
In what may be an immediate retort to recent criticism from the regulators in the UK, Network Rail has emphasised its hi-tech approach to running the railway more efficiently across Great Britain. The infrastructure management...Read more
UK strikes see light at the end of the tunnel
Friday’s eleventh hour call-off came too late to save the weekend, but commuters exhaled a collective sigh of relief for the week ahead. The cancellation of strike action on Monday and Wednesday avoided a week...Read more
RMT calls off its strikes for 5, 7 and 9 November
Train travellers in the United Kingdom won’t have to brace for the impact of a suspension of services across the network as the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) suspended its strikes...Read more
Sterling work in Stirling as Forth Viaduct makeover completed
Scotland’s Forth Bridge may be the most famous railway river crossing in the world, but there is another, equally important, if not quite so grand affair spans the same river, a little further upstream. Now...Read more
Kent railway from early 1850s to close for one week of rehabilitation
Network Rail will get to work on the Tunbridge Wells to Hastings line later this month in a bid to make improvements to the earthworks on the line, which runs through the counties Kent and East...Read more
Network Rail urges against train travel on Saturday in light of strike action
The unions RMT, Aslef and TSSA will carry out strike action on Saturday 1 October. As a result, only 11 percent of services will operate, and large parts of the England will see no train...Read more
Britain has a new rail minister
The UK government reshuffle may be a work in progress, but there is one more post holder on board. Kevin Foster may be a new name to the rail fraternity, but he is a well-known...Read more
Britain’s autumn strikes loom but signs of resolution in the air
The change of monarch is now complete. The changes at the head of government are underway. After a September hiatus, Britain is back to the reality of dealing with a cost of everything crisis, and...Read more
ETCS testing for UK Network Rail New Measurement Train
Network Rail has successfully completed European Train Control System testing on the power cars of its New Measurement Train. The yellow-liveried engineering inspection train, adapted from a redundant formation of the diesel-powered ‘High Speed Train’,...Read more
Tended’s safety solution for trackside workers gains product acceptance
UK-based company Tended has received product acceptance for its solution to improve the safety of trackside workers, which was developed and tested with Network Rail.Read more
Railway sector calls on action to safeguard energy supply
With the increasing energy bills and insecurity about a steady supply, the European railway sector calls on action. Sector associations Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the European Rail Freight Association (ERFA)...Read more