Network 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.
Call 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.
Avanti 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 respects to the late ...
Network 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.
Oxford 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.
Eastern 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.
Solar 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.
National Train Control Systems framework aims to develop UK signalling market
Bespoke information for Commonwealth Games passengers
Network Rail begins consultation on maintenance changes
Specialists appointed to railway weather resilience taskforce
Full electrification in scope as Transpennine Route Upgrade makes progress
Huddersfield to Dewsbury route upgrading approved
Government confirms further funding for ECML ETCS rollout
Network Rail CEO says productivity changes are essential as strikes begin
‘Revolutionary’ footbridge to be built at Stowmarket
Digital twin aims to cut station energy usage
Rail sector responds to announcement of RMT strike dates
Class 43 ETCS retrofit project makes progress
Midland Main Line electrification market engagement begins