Network Rail news – Page 4
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Rail Business UKEast West Rail test train reaches Milton Keynes
UK: The first test train has run over the Bicester – Bletchley route which has been rebuilt as part of ‘Connection Stage One’ of the East West Rail project to reinstate a rail corridor linking Oxford and Cambridge. The Class 168 DMU left Oxford at 09.43 ...
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Rail Business UKScotRail and Network Rail sign strengthened Alliance Agreement
UK: Scottish government-owned passenger train operator ScotRail and infrastructure manager Network Rail have signed a ‘strengthened’ Alliance Agreement, updating the partnership signed by former franchisee Abellio ScotRail in 2015. The purpose of the Alliance is ‘to integrate track and train in order to deliver the best ...
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Rail Business UKFirst freight service launched using track access charge discount scheme
UK: Freightliner has launched a container service which it says has been made possible by a Network Rail scheme to attract freight to rail by waiving track access charges for the first six months of a new flow. ‘The access charge discount scheme is an important ...
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Rail Business UKUK: Momentum builds behind East Coast Digital Programme
ETCS testing and driver training are in full swing as the crossindustry East Coast Digital Programme moves into the delivery phase. Chris Jackson reports from York.
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Rail Business UKFive-point plan to improve the passenger experience at London Euston station
UK: Network Rail and the Department for Transport have announced a five-point plan which aims to improve the passenger experience at London Euston station pending longer-term changes. Network Rail said a ‘major reconstruction’ of the ‘outdated’ station is required to meet current demands, and avoid ’very ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail and Korea Railroad Research Institute to co-operate on infrastructure resilience
INTERNATIONAL: British infrastructure manager Network Rail and the Korea Railroad Research Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to improve the resilience of rail infrastructure to extreme weather. Areas of mutual interest include evaluation techniques for landslides, working on subgrade instability using business ...
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Rail Business UKRegulator accepts Network Rail’s plan to address performance issues
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has accepted Network Rail’s detailed plan to address underlying issues leading to poor train reliability and punctuality in the Wales & Western region. An ORR investigation found that Network Rail was not doing all it reasonably could to improve. The ...
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Rail Business UKEuston still has a problem
UK: ‘Even on good days, the passenger experience at London Euston fails to match its importance as the capital’s main rail gateway to four of the UK’s largest cities. But it is when train services are disrupted that the station really struggles to cope, with high ...
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Rail Business UKAshley Down station opens as part of Bristol’s ‘quiet rail revolution’
UK: Trains returned to Ashley Down for the first time in 60 years on September 28 when Great Western Railway began serving the newly rebuilt station north of Bristol. Ashley Down is located in north Bristol between Stapleton Hill and Filton Abbey Wood, on the site ...
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Rail Business UKProgress Rail and Network Rail sign switches and crossings contract
UK: A five-year contract to supply Network Rail with switches and crossings and associated components was announced by Progress Rail at the InnoTrans rail industry trade fair in Berlin. Progress Rail said it would draw upon its engineering and manufacturing capabilities in the UK, with four ...
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Rail Business UKTrack access charge waiver aims to attract new freight to rail
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail is to waive track access charges for new flows in an effort to encourage new freight traffic to rail.
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail looks at TOPS replacement options
UK: Network Rail is undertaking market engagement on the possible replacement of its TOPS mainframe computer system originally procured by British Rail from the Southern Pacific Railroad in the USA in the early 1970s. The ’complex, command-driven’ Total Operations Processing System was designed to provide real-time information ...
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Rail Business UKNear-miss reporting guidance aims to increase level crossing safety
UK: The Level Crossing Strategy Group has published guidance to improve the reporting and management of near misses at level crossings. The guidance is the result of collaboration between stakeholders including Network Rail, the Rail Safety & Standards Board, operators LNER and c2c, and train drivers’ ...
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In depthUK: Delivering a high-capacity rail artery across northern England
A major upgrading programme is in progress to enhance resilience, raise capacity and cut journey times on Network Rail’s busy east-west route through the Pennines between Manchester and Leeds. Murray Hughes investigates.
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Rail Business UKHS1 obtains asset management certification
UK: High speed line concessionaire HS1 Ltd has obtained ISO 55001 certification for safe and long-term asset management on the 109 km line between London and the Channel Tunnel, including the four stations. On August 14 HS1 Ltd said ‘this is exciting news as HS1 looks ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail awards Scotland Civils Framework contracts
UK: Network Rail announced the award of Scotland Civils Framework contracts totalling up to £1·3bn on August 13. Each of the contracts are for five years, with a three-year extension option based on performance. Scotland Civils Framework contracts Lot Works Contractor ...
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Rail Business UKCheaper, quicker and greener modular footbridge attracts worldwide interest
Railways from around the world are taking an interest in a prototype stainless steel footbridge which is designed to make construction and maintenance cheaper, faster, less disruptive and more sustainable.
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Rail Business UKScotland’s Railway publishes five-year Climate Action Plan
UK: The Scotland’s Railway partnership of Network Rail and ScotRail has published a five-year Climate Action Plan setting out aims to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in 2024-29. There are five priority areas: Climate ready: preparing the railway and organisations for anticipated changes in the ...
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Rail Business UKFirst Beacon station footbridge opens
UK: The first footbridge built to the Beacon design has been installed by Network Rail and contractor AmcoGiffen at Garforth in West Yorkshire. Work is continuing to install the lifts, which will come with illuminated shafts which inspired the name of the design. The Beacon bridge ...
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Rail Business UKHedgehog sleeper designed to reduce embedded carbon
UK: Network Rail’s Wales & Western region and Dutch manufacturer Lankhorst Engineered Products have developed a composite sleeper made of made of 90% recycled materials which they say involves 90% less embedded carbon in production than wooden equivalents and 78% less than concrete. The design based ...