Network Rail news – Page 9
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Rail Business UKBeaulieu Park station initial works contract awarded
UK: J Murphy & Sons Ltd has been awarded the first of two contracts for construction of the future Beaulieu Park station on the Great Eastern Main Line near Chelmsford. The £37·8m enabling works contract announced on January 24 has been awarded by Network Rail on ...
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Rail Business UKWales & Western region framework contracts awarded
UK: Network Rail’s Wales & Western region has awarded six framework contracts for infrastructure works in Control Period 7 (2024-29), with options to extend to a total of eight years. ContractContractor Wales and Western Electrification and plant AmcoGiffen Wales ...
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Rail Business UKFrom aircraft carriers to the Transpennine Route Upgrade
UK: Network Rail has announced the appointment of Neil Holm as Managing Director of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme. He has been Programme Director for the project since January 2021. Before that was with BAE Systems as Programme Director for aircraft carrier ...
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Rail Business UKThree Bridges ROC automated route setting commissioned
UK: Network Rail, Siemens Mobility and Hitachi Information Control Systems commissioned automated route setting at the Three Bridges Rail Operations Centre during December. ‘We are excited to confirm this next step of technology development which will improve train performance by automating route regulation for signallers, reducing ...
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Rail Business UKModernisation and efficiency improvements included in High Level Output Specification
UK: There is ‘an urgent need for continued modernisation and significant efficiency improvements to bear down on the cost of the railway’, according to the High Level Output Specification which sets out what the Secretary of State wants to be achieved from the management of rail ...
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Rail Business UKClass 66 freight loco to be fitted with ETCS under East Coast Digital Programme
UK: DB Cargo announced on November 8 that work had started to equip a Class 66 diesel locomotive with the latest iteration of ETCS.
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Rail Business UKWork starts on next section of Midland Main Line electrification
UK: Network Rail announced on November 3 that it had started piling work on the next phase of electrification of the Midland Main Line.
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Rail Business UKVideo analytics supports lineside vegetation management
UK: Greater Anglia is using AI to analyse video footage from on-train cameras to pre-emptively identify vegetation which might block the line, obscure signals or lead to leaf fall problems. Maps are generated showing where issues have been identified, enabling Network Rail to prioritise issues by ...
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Rail Business UKBristol Temple Meads to host Station Innovation Zone
UK: Bristol Temple Meads station has been selected as a Station Innovation Zone which will host trials of technology to improve the passenger experience. The five-year partnership between Network Rail and the Connected Places Catapult innovation accelerator will select start-ups to test ideas such as smarter ...
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Rail Business UKRail pay and conditions are favourable against market comparators, study finds
UK: Pay and conditions in the rail industry are typically favourable when compared to market comparators, owing to working hours, defined benefit pension options and high levels of trade union membership, according to a report published by the Office of Rail & Road. ORR commissioned the ...
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Rail Business UKORR finds Network Rail exceeded planned efficiency improvements
UK: Network Rail achieved £840m of efficiency improvements in 2021-22, ahead of the £830m target for the year, according to an annual assessment of its efficiency and wider financial performance published by the Office of Rail & Road. The infrastructure manager has delivered £1·9bn of efficiency ...
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Rail Business UKGrimshaw commissioned to produce London Waterloo station masterplan
UK: Lambeth Council has commissioned architecture practice Grimshaw to develop a Waterloo Station Masterplan covering the station as well as the wider neighbourhood. The project is supported by Network Rail, South Bank BID, South Bank Employers’ Group, We Are Waterloo BID, HB Reavis, Bourne Capital, SB ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail maintains good stakeholder engagement, ORR finds
UK: The Office of Rail & Road says its annual assessment of how Network Rail engages with its stakeholders shows a strong performance in the past year, although overall satisfaction has dipped slightly. ORR assessed how well Network Rail performed against four principles of good stakeholder ...
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Rail Business UKCall to ban adverts for high-carbon products from stations
UK: Climate campaign organisations have called on Network Rail to add high-carbon products and activities such as petrol, diesel and hybrid cars, air travel and fossil fuel companies to the list of advertisements which cannot be displayed at its 20 managed stations. The joint letter to ...
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Rail Business UKAvanti West Coast hires train to boost capacity during period of mourning
UK: With its drivers continuing to decline to work on their rest days, Avanti West Coast has worked with charter operator Locomotive Services Ltd to provided additional capacity into London Euston to support the large number of people wishing to visit the capital to pay their ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail needs to change depot plant asset management
UK: Consultancy Frazer-Nash has undertaken a review of Network Rail’s depot plant asset management systems on behalf of the the Office of Rail & Road, looking at whether effective systems are in place to ensure that depot plant is maintained, renewed and upgraded. Frazer-Nash concluded that ...
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Rail Business UKOxford station remodelling funding confirmed
UK: The government has formally announced £161m of funding for implementation of the Oxford Corridor Phase 2 remodelling project to increase capacity and better integrate the station into the surrounding environment. The works at Oxford station will include the construction of a new track and platform ...
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Rail Business UKEastern region gets newt licence
UK: In what Network Rail says is an industry first, Natural England has granted the infrastructure manager a licence for the relocation of great crested newts which covers the whole of the Eastern Region. This removes the need for individual licence applications covering routine work, and ...
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Rail Business UKSolar power to cover 15% of Network Rail’s non-traction needs
UK: Network Rail has signed an agreement for EDF Renewables UK to make 49·9 MW of solar energy capacity available to power offices, depots and stations, meeting around 15% of the infrastructure manager’s annual non-traction energy requirements. The power will be generated at a solar farm ...
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Rail Business UKNational Train Control Systems framework aims to develop UK signalling market
UK: Network Rail is planning to establish a multi-supplier National Train Control Systems framework for the delivery of major enhancements and renewals, including ETCS and conventional signalling. It is envisaged that the 10-year framework would cover five suppliers, and have an estimated overall value of £4bn. ...