Network Rail news – Page 4
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Rail Business UKORR requires Network Rail to clear structure examination backlog
UK: Industry regulator the Office of Rail & Road has written to Network Rail regarding its concerns about a backlog in examining the condition of structures, including bridges, tunnels and culverts. ORR said it has been closely monitoring the infrastructure manager’s progress to clear the backlog ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail trials mid-week engineering work to reflect post-pandemic travel demand
UK: With data from inter-city operator LNER suggesting that that Fridays and Sundays are now the most popular days for travel on the East Coast Main Line, infrastructure manager Network Rail is to undertake engineering work mid-week rather than at the weekend as a trial. Track, ...
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Rail Business UKLong Marston hosts Network Rail major incident training exercise
UK: Porterbrook’s Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre has hosted a Network Rail major incident training exercise which replicated an collision between a train and a road vehicle. During two separate weeks in March, more than 300 people took part in the National ...
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Rail Business UKDevizes station would need to be part of wider rail plan
UK: The construction of a Devizes Gateway station at Lydeway is unlikely to represent value for money as a standalone project, but it could be viable as part of a wider rail improvement programme, a study has concluded. The feasibility study undertaken by Wiltshire Council, Devizes ...
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News‘Nothing Beats Being There’ campaign aims to get people back on trains
UK: A ‘Nothing Beats Being There’ advertising campaign which aims to attract commuters, business and leisure travellers back to rail has been launched by the Rail Delivery Group, train operators, Network Rail and the Great British Railways Transition Team. The advert was shot by photographer ...
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Rail Business UKLightweight rail stressing kit gets Network Rail approval
UK: Enerpac has obtained Network Rail approval for its RP-70A hydraulic rail stressor and ZC3-Series battery powered stressing pump, which are designed to be easier to transport and assemble and up to three times lighter than similar tools. The kit is designed for railway maintenance crews ...
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Rail Business UKPasscode-protected gate reduces railway trespass
UK: Network Rail has worked with local authorities to install a passcode-protected electrically-powered gate to stop illegal use of the Green Lane crossing in Knaresborough while still allowing specific people access to their private land. NR worked with Harrogate Borough Council to make the gate a ...
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Rail Business UKRMT members accept Network Rail offer to end strikes
UK: The RMT union’s National Executive has announced the end of the trade dispute with Network Rail, after members voted to accept the latest offer covering pay, jobs and conditions. The result announced on March 20 was a 76:24 vote in favour of accepting the offer, ...
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Rail Business UKRMT members to vote on Network Rail pay and benefits offer
UK: The RMT is to hold a vote on the latest pay and benefits offer from Network Rail, which the union said involves extra money and is not conditional on accepting the infrastructure manager’s modernising maintenance agenda which it ‘does not endorse’. RMT said the offer ...
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Rail Business UKNorthumberland Line expected to reopen in summer 2024
UK: Northumberland Line services between Newcastle and Ashington are expected to begin in summer 2024, Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper has confirmed. The exact launch date will announced closer to the time. ‘Restoring lost railway connections will drive tourism, boost local business opportunities and ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail announces Southern Integrated Delivery alliance contractors
UK: Network Rail has appointed four companies to the Southern Integrated Delivery alliance which will undertake an estimated £9bn of renewal works in its Southern Region during Control Period 7 (2024-29) and CP8 (2029-34). Southern Integrated Delivery alliance VolkerFitzpatrick Buildings & ...
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Rail Business UKCustom concrete bearers produced for track renewal scheme
UK: Concrete sleeper manufacturer Cemex adapted its production process to provide Network Rail with a bearers of a ‘never-seen-before’ design for a ‘challenging’ track replacement project at Lewisham. ‘Production of bearers of this size had never been done before’, said Terence Clair, S&C Business Manager for ...
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Rail Business UKPortishead railway reopening contact awarded
UK: Network Rail has awarded VolkerFitzpatrick the multi-disciplinary works contract for the reinstatement of 5·5 km of disused line between Pill and Portishead to enable the reintroduction of passenger services to Bristol. There are two phases to the contract, with the £6·14m first stage covering detailed ...
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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.