Infrastructure

Network Rail has reopened Ambergate junction in the Derwent Valley – where the branch to Matlock leaves the Midland main line – after...

Government funding of £80 million has been announced to provide a new sea wall at Dawlish that will improve protection both for the railway...

An unusual bridge strike closed one track on the West Coast main line and caused a speed restriction to be imposed across...

As usual, Network Rail took advantage of the Christmas and New Year holiday to undertake some of the lengthier and more onerous projects that...

Christmas and New Year at Westbury saw the station and its associated routes closed for 12 days to carry out some long-awaited major works...

This Christmas, Battersea Pier junction became the latest focus of intense activity as it was renewed over an 11-day blockade. Battersea Pier junction is...

Network Rail has announced two (shortly to be three) track systems contracts that could cover the next 10 years and be worth...

The London and North Eastern Railway started to electrify the Shenfield to Liverpool Street line during the 1930s; civil engineering work had started before...

Weaver to Wavertree resignalling is one of the latest resignalling schemes to be completed and involved new signalling between Edge Hill station, just outside Liverpool,...

One of Network Rail’s bigger Christmas jobs in 2018 was that at Wellingborough North Junction, 57m 0ch to 69m 40ch on the Midland main...

Guest author: Alan Bamforth, managing director of ABG Ltd.Railway infrastructure has retaining walls and bridge abutments. Inherent in the...

At the time of year when days are shortest, nights longest, and when Network Rail carries out its most extensive work over the Christmas...

Network Rail, as the infrastructure owner of Britain’s railways, constantly monitors the condition of its assets, particularly its 20,000 miles of track. One of...

British Steel, the Scunthorpe-based manufacturer of steel rails and other long-length steel products, has won two contracts to supply 86,000 tonnes of rail to...

Network Rail and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have announced the winner of a design competition for the possible railway footbridge of...

Rail’s role in securing a more sustainable future has never been clearer or more important. The sector is already embedding sustainability values into everyday...