Network Rail news – Page 2
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Rail Business UK
Regulator approves Network Rail’s £43·1bn five-year plan
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has published its final determination setting out how Network Rail plans to use the £43·1bn being made available to fund infrastructure operation, maintenance and renewal during the five-year Control Period 7 starting on April 1 2024. Network Rail has ...
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Rail Business UK
Accessibility focus for station virtual tour
UK: The Virtual Tour Experts has worked with Greater Anglia and Network Rail to create an online representation of London Liverpool Street station, which Managing Director Neil Henderson says is the first to incorporate an accessibility widget, guided tours and subtitled scene guides. ‘The user-first attitude ...
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Rail Business UK
Cambridge South station main construction contract awarded
UK: Network Rail has awarded J Murphy & Sons Ltd the £93·4m main works contract for the construction of Cambridge South station to serve Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Biomedical Campus. The contract announced on October 23 covers construction of a two-storey four platform station on the ...
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Rail Business UK
Zero on-site emission overhead line renewals
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail has completed a four-night overhead line equipment renewal project at Royston which, for the first time in its Eastern Region, was undertaken with the worksite producing no carbon emissions. Hybrid engineering vehicles operated solely in battery mode, welfare facilities were powered ...
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Rail Business UK
Better crowd management needed at London Euston station, says ORR
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has issued Network Rail with an improvement notice for London Euston station, saying the infrastructure manager has failed to put in place effective measures to prevent risks from overcrowding and surges. ORR made a site visit after analysing CCTV ...
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Rail Business UK
Network Rail to study composite sleeper profiles
UK: Network Rail has awarded Dutch company Lankhorst Rail a contract to assist with the development of the next generation of railway sleeper. The infrastructure manager plans to use Lankhorst’s KLP composite sleepers manufactured from recycled plastic reinforced with steel to investigate the bending stiffness, flexibility ...
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Rail Business UK
Viewpoint: ‘Provocative’ industrial relations measures put rail recovery at risk
The exclusion of striking workers from Network Rail’s bonus scheme and the introduction of the Minimum Service Levels Act are not going to have a positive impact on industrial relations in the rail industry, argues Stephen Morrall, Consultant at Hunters Law LLP.
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Rail Business UK
Post-Covid rail sector must understand what it does best, says Haines
UK: ‘We in the rail sector must be objective and honest about what we are good at’, Network Rail Chief Executive Andrew Haines told a conference in Birmingham on October 3, as he reflected on how the industry can plot its way through the uncertainty of the post-Covid period.
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Rail Business UK
Heritage railway to support Network Rail training
UK: Network Rail’s Central Route has signed a memorandum of understanding with the heritage Severn Valley Railway for support, training and facilities to help its staff operate and maintain traditional technology such as mechanical signalling. In return NR will provide professional skills, advice and redundant materials ...
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Rail Business UK
Beaulieu Park station main construction works contract awarded
UK: Network Rail has awarded J Murphy & Sons Ltd the second of two main contracts to build Beaulieu Park station on the Great Eastern Main Line near Chelmsford. The £124m contract announced by Network Rail on September 15 has been awarded on behalf of Essex ...
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Rail Business UK
Network Rail fined £6·7m over Carmont derailment
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail has been fined £6·7m at the High Court in Aberdeen after pleading guilty to a contravention of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974 over the fatal derailment at Carmont near Stonehaven. On August 12 2020 torrential rainfall led ...
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Rail Business UK
ECML reinforcement project starts
UK: Network Rail’s Eastern Region has started work on a £33m project to stabilise a 1 km section of the East Coast Main Line in County Durham.
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Rail Business UK
Maternity, medical and hijab options in Network Rail PPE contract
UK: An inclusive range of PPE products is to be offered by Direct Corporate Clothing, which has announced a ‘breakthrough’ contract to supply Network Rail. The renewable four-year contract, secured after an extensive tendering and trialling process, includes waterproof foul-weather garments, flame-retardant and arc-protection clothing, high-visibility ...
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Rail Business UK
Network Rail orders trial batch of ‘green’ steel rails
UK: To help assess whether ‘green’ track renewals could be a viable option, Network Rail has ordered a trial batch of rails manufactured by Saarstahl using an electric arc furnace. Network Rail is seeking to understand the technical differences between EAF and non-EAF steel, particularly from ...
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News
Infrastructure managers continue technology co-operation
EUROPE: British and Dutch railway infrastructure managers Network Rail and ProRail have signed a memorandum of understanding for continued co-operation in areas including automated inspection, acoustic monitoring using fibre optic cables, digitisation, asset management, measurement trains and embankment stability. The MoU signed in Den Haag on ...
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Rail Business UK
Greater Manchester station regeneration partnership formed
UK: Network Rail and Transport for Greater Manchester have formed a partnership to deliver a joint vision for regenerating stations in Manchester and Salford. This will include working with key stakeholders to establish future regeneration opportunities and attract delivery partners to meet the demands of future ...
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Rail Business UK
Rail capacity planning qualifications launched
UK: Network Rail and the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators have launched three capacity planning qualifications for use in the infrastructure manager’s internal training programme. The qualifications delivered by Network Rail’s Capacity Planning Training & Development Team in Milton Keynes and awarded by CIRO are designed ...
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Rail Business UK
Air-purifying totems trial at Birmingham New Street station
UK: The use of air-purifying totems to reduce the impact of diesel train exhaust fumes on air quality is to be tested at Birmingham New Street station. The Pluvo Column devices take in air at the bottom of the totem and pass it through a series ...
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Rail Business UK
Timetable confirmation deadline to remain at 12 weeks
UK: The Office of Rail & Road has decided not to proceed with two changes to Network Rail’s network licence, after receiving mixed responses to the proposals. The first of the changes prompted by Network Rail’s Better Timetables for Passengers & Freight reform programme would have ...
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Rail Business UK
Network Rail publishes £4·2bn CP7 Strategic Business Plan for Scotland
UK: Network Rail Scotland has published its £4·2bn Strategic Business Plan for Control Period 7, covering the five years from April 1 2024. The document is NR’s response to the Scottish government’s High Level Output Statement, which detailed what it wants Scotland’s Railway to deliver in ...