Latest Network Rail News
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Leaf Busting Trains to Keep Passengers Moving Through Autumn
Last week marked the start of Network Rail's high powered leaf busting trains rolling out across the South Western Railway route – they will…
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Network Rail Apologises as Waterloo Station Upgrade Works Overrun
Network Rail has now fully reopened Waterloo station after completing one of the largest and most complex upgrades in the station’s history.
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Resonate and Network Rail to Step Up Platform Operation Standards
Resonate Group Ltd has joined forces with Network Rail and Chiltern Railways to develop and install a timetable editing solution designed to…
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Edinburgh-Glasgow Line Electrification Goes Live for Testing
Work on the line between Edinburgh and Glasgow will shortly enter a testing and safety validating process, which will enable the introductio…
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AECOM-Network Rail Partnership to review New York’s Penn station
The AECOM-Network Rail team will review management of daily operations within the three station concourses, including during service disrupt…
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UK’s First Tram Train Pilot Progresses
Network Rail engineers will complete vital milestones for the pioneering Tram Train pilot this summer, as work progresses to put the South Y…
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Major Improvement Works Get Under Way at London Waterloo
One of the most significant and complex engineering projects at London Waterloo Station in the last century is under way, as 10 of the stati…
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We Need to Level With You – Stop, Look and Listen Is Not Fit for Purpose
We spoke to Martin Gallagher, the UN Safety Committee Chair & Director Global Level Crossing Services and asked him about the problems with …
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Modernisation Work Along the South Wales Mainline Presses On
Network Rail is reminding residents between Monmouthshire and Cardiff that modernisation work is taking place along the South Wales Mainline…
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Britain's Train Punctuality to be Measured to the Minute
Britain’s rail companies are working together to adopt the most transparent measure for train punctuality of any railway in Europe as part o…
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World First Rollout for British Technology Innovation Set to Deliver a More Punctual Railway
A new delay-busting Traffic Management system on the Great Western Railway will boost performance on train journeys between London Paddingto…
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Derby 2018 Project: £200million Railway Upgrade Confirmed
With passenger numbers having doubled in the past 20 years and demand set to continue to grow, the Derby 2018 project is a once-in-a-generat…
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UK: Electrification A Step Closer After Successful Railway Upgrade
Railway Electrification on the Great Western mainline has moved a step closer after Network Rail successfully upgraded the railway in Swindo…
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Crossrail's Quarterly Update: May 2017
The Crossrail route will service a total of 40 stations, 10 of which will be wholly new. In Crossrail’s May update, works completed include:
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UK: New Warning System Helps Make Level Crossings Safer
Four footpath level crossings in Kent and three in Sussex are now safer thanks to a new audible warning device which alerts pedestrians of..…
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Alstom Presents its New CLever Cantilever for the UK Rail Network
Alstom announced the launch of its new CLever cantilever for the UK rail network at Railtex, the international exhibition of rail equipment,…
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UK’s First Tram Train Network Reaches Major Milestone
The project which will allow passengers in South Yorkshire to be the first to ride on a Tram Train in the UK achieved a major milestone this…
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American Railway Boss Praises London’s Railways
American railway boss praises ‘life-changing’ investment in London’s railways after fact-finding mission. From moving record numbers of pass…
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Network Rail and Rail Freight Industry Collaborate to Increase Railway Capacity
A massive timetable shakeup is being implemented after Britain’s rail freight industry collaborated over a two-year, industry-wide review in…
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Train Services Resume on Britain’s Most Iconic Railway
...a year of repairs by Network Rail’s orange army engineers to a 500,000-tonne landslip, which had threatened the future of Britain’s most …
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Thames Valley Electrification Reaches Major Milestone
New trains on the way as Thames Valley electrification reaches major milestone. Last weekend, Network Rail successfully electrified 12 miles…
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Big Data and Smarter Technology Set to Make Britain's Railways Even Safer
The thinking is reflected in The Rail Industry’s Data and Risk Strategy, published by RSSB and steered by a cross-industry group. It sets ou…
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Britain’s Train Fleet is Forecast to Grow by up to 89%
Orders for new rail rolling stock are at "an historically high level" and Britain’s train fleet is increasing faster than at any time in rec…
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Lime Street Station to Reopen Earlier Than Planned
Liverpool Lime Street station will reopen to trains tomorrow (Wed) – 24 hours earlier than forecast. Scores of orange army engineers have wo…