Network Rail news
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Rail Business UKUK rail accident investigation body issues warning over reliance on remote condition monitoring technology
UK: The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has issued urgent advice asking Network Rail to consider the risk of remote monitoring sensors on earthworks being overwhelmed during extreme weather.
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Rail Business UK‘Five firsts’ celebrated at Tuxford as UK rail sector seeks role in hydrogen economy
UK: Network Rail and industry partners held an event at Tuxford in Nottinghamshire on December 3 marking the first use of rail to transport hydrogen on the main line network.
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Rail Business UKConsolidated guidance issued for cranes operating near railways
UK: The Construction Plant-hire Association has released consolidated guidance to provide clear and consistent requirements for all types of crane operating near live railway environments.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail launches Platform4 to regenerate railway land
UK: Network Rail had officially launched Platform4, a brownfield property development company created though the merger of its Property Development business with government-owned London & Continental Railways.
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Rail Business UKRSSB updates cross-industry Train Protection Strategy
UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has updated its Train Protection Strategy, which is designed to help train operators and infrastructure managers understand and mitigate the risks of signals passed at danger and overspeeding.
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Rail Business UKBeaulieu Park station opens to support Chelmsford housing development
UK: The £175m Beaulieu Park station on the Great Eastern Main Line has opened to support the Chelmsford Garden Community development of more than 10 000 new homes.
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In depthInfrastructure: Scour monitoring helps to bridge the gap
Field trials are currently under way with an AI-assisted real-time monitoring system able to detect the emergence of scour that could undermine the safety of railway bridges over flowing water.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail launches weather learning programme for rail staff
UK: Network Rail and the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators have launched a weather learning programme, which is to strengthen meteorological knowledge among operational and other staff to enable more confident and informed decision-making during adverse weather conditions.
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Rail Business UKNational rail clock design with circulating split double arrow launched
UK: The first national railway clock design since British Rail’s 1974 design manual has been unveiled in physical and digital forms.
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Rail Business UKRailway emergency response training centre opens
UK: The Birmingham Rail Resilience Hub has been created by Network Rail to provide emergency response training for the railway industry and the emergency services.
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Rail Business UKIntegrated rail leadership shows early promise
UK: Integrated leadership teams are being set up across publicly owned passenger train operators and Network Rail routes to increase collaboration and accountability.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail and Loram launch track machine ETCS working group
UK: Network Rail’s East Coast Operations Business Change team recently met specialists from track machine engineering and operating company Loram in Derby to launch a track machine ETCS working group.
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Rail Business UKRichmond’s 1937 Art Deco station restored
UK: A major refurbishment of the 1937 Art Deco station at Richmond in southwest London has been completed, reversing later alterations and addressing weathering which had degraded the building’s distinctive appearance.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail details changes to spending in first year of CP7
UK: The Civil Engineering Contractors Association has said Network Rail’s Supplier Spend Report for 2024-25 ‘shows the scale of opportunity available across the supply chain, but also the challenges facing businesses, as high inflation and reprofiled workbanks place pressure on margins and visibility’.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail to improve flooding and coastal risk management planning
UK: Network Rail is working with WSP to create a Flood & Coastal Risk Management Framework which will help standardise the infrastructure manager’s readiness for floods and coastal erosion and increase its knowledge of potential problems across the network.
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Rail Business UKMidlands Rail Hub alliance partners selected
UK: Network Rail has selected its preferred alliance partners to develop the planned Midlands Rail Hub around Birmingham.
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Rail Business UKLive trial suggests Virtual Worksite Marker Boards could save the rail industry £23m per year
UK: The effectiveness and safety of using Virtual Worksite Marker Boards instead of physical marker boards has been successfully trialled during engineering works on the East Coast Main Line.
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Rail Business UKFirst covered version of Network Rail’s Beacon footbridge installed
UK: The first covered version of Network Rail’s Beacon footbridge design has been installed at Abergavenny station.
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Rail Business UKHuddersfield station to close for 30-day Transpennine Route Upgrade blockade
UK: A 30-day blockade of the line between Stalybridge and Heaton Lodge Junction to the east of Huddersfield will begin on August 30 as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme.
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Rail Business UKAccelerating research into the effects of weather on rail infrastructure
UK: Network Rail and the Met Office have signed a memorandum of understanding to reduce the time needed to commission research into the effects of weather on the rail network.