ORR calls for Network Rail action on drainage, structures and track worker safety
UK: The Office of Rail & Road published its latest annual assessments of railway safety in Great Britain and of Network Rail’s performance on July 13.
Network Rail installs recycled plastic sleepers
UK: Network Rail has announced its first main line use of composite sleepers made from recycled plastic. These have been installed on Sherrington viaduct between Salisbury and Warminster where weight restrictions previously required the use of wood rather than concrete.
Bridge raising project completed
UK: A river bridge which has been subjected to 30 flood-related closures in the past decade has been raised by 1 m in a £3·6m six-week project undertaken by Network Rail and contractor AmcoGiffen.
We need a simpler, sustainable and more user-centric railway, says Network Rail Chief Executive
UK: ‘This is a fantastic time to look at reshaping the industry, as we come out of Covid’, says Network Rail Chief Executive Andrew Haines. ‘The government is committed to growing the railway’ and to decarbonisation, and ‘there is no appetite to use Covid as an excuse to shut the railway.’
London King’s Cross station remodelling completed
UK: Network Rail has completed its remodelling of the approaches to London King’s Cross station as part of its £1·2bn East Coast Main Line upgrading programme.
Passenger information displays incorporate sign language interpretation
UK: Network Rail has begun deploying 20 LB Foster fixed and mobile touch-screen passenger information displays with in-screen British Sign Language interpretation at London Euston station, and a large screen is to be provided beside the departure boards on the main concourse.
7N Architects wins small station design competition
UK: Edinburgh-based architectural practice 7N Architects has won a competition organised by Network Rail and the Royal Institute of British Architects to ‘reimagine’ small to medium-sized stations.
Inverness Airport station approved
Transpennine Route Upgrade, Oxford remodelling and station funding announced
Forth Bridge visitor experience on hold
Rockfall shelter to protect Devon coastal railway
Exeter – Okehampton passenger service to be revived
Network Rail to reduce third-party works fees
Wisbech railway reopening to be planned alongside Ely enhancements
Success of current rail projects will influence future investment choices, says Rail Minister
Cambridge resignalling, re-lock and re-control project planned
Smart Weed System to improve environmental performance
Network Rail awards drone management contract
DfT consults on options to decongest Manchester’s railways
11 000 tonne Werrington dive-under tunnel to be pushed beneath the East Coast Main Line