Latest Network Rail News
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Electrified Lines Are Always On. So Always Stay Off.
A new campaign warns of the devastating impact trespassing on electrified railway can have and urges people to stay safe and keep off the tr…
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Carillion's Smaller Rail Suppliers to be Paid Arrears
Around 300 of Carillion Construction Ltd's smaller rail suppliers are to be paid the arrears they are owed following a further agreement bet…
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‘Too Big to Fail?’ The Collapse of Carillion and the Impact on Rail
For the rail industry as a whole, the exit of Carillion from the market in the UK and other countries will have a large impact on both the i…
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Major Improvement Work at Newcastle Station Completes
Train services back to normal as major improvement work at Newcastle station completes. Network Rail has completed work on an £8.6million pr…
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Thieves Are Risking Their Lives to Steal Railway Cables
Thieves risk their lives to steal railway cables, which brings them little financial reward but costs taxpayers millions each year and cause…
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Historic London Bridge Station Redevelopment Nears Completion
London Bridge Station has reopened after ten days of major engineering work, marking the countdown to completion of the £1bn redevelopment a…
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Interview: The Office of Rail and Road's Periodic Review 18
We're at the halfway point of the Periodic Review 2018 (PR18) where the ORR consults the government and other stakeholders, including Networ…
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Bender UK Recognised for its Rail Signalling Protection System
Bender UK has produced a Network Rail approved rail signalling protection system which enables maintenance crews to quickly identify electri…
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Network Rail Unveil Britain's Innovative New Grinding Trains
Network Rail has unveiled three new grinding trains costing £36m, which we be deployed across Great Britain to keep the track in good condit…
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Helping Rail Freight Deliver for Its Customers
The Freight Transport Association has updated its policy advice to operators in the optimisation of rail in the multimodal supply chain.
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New Campaign Launched to Help Prevent Railway Suicides
Samaritans, British Transport Police and the rail industry, including Network Rail and the train operating companies, are launching Small Ta…
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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…