Success of current rail projects will influence future investment choices, says Rail Minister
UK: The Swift, Pragmatic & Efficient Enhancement Delivery project to identify ways of reducing infrastructure investment costs and speeding up delivery ‘is a call to arms to cut unnecessary red tape, be bold and purposeful, and empower the railway to be radical in its thinking’, Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris told ...
Cambridge resignalling, re-lock and re-control project planned
UK: Network Rail has set out details of the Cambridge resignalling, re-lock and re-control project, and is to undertake public consultation during March on proposals for the modernisation of seven level crossings.
Smart Weed System to improve environmental performance
UK: A novel vegetation control train is set to begin operation in May, with two more due to follow by April 2022.
Network Rail awards drone management contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded specialist company Dronecloud a five-year contract to supply enterprise-level software-as-a-service to manage its fleet of infrastructure monitoring and surveying aerial vehicles.
DfT consults on options to decongest Manchester’s railways
UK: A public consultation on options for a recast of services around Manchester to improve performance and reliability was announced by the Department for Transport and Transport for the North on January 14.
11 000 tonne Werrington dive-under tunnel to be pushed beneath the East Coast Main Line
UK: Final preparations are being made ahead of a nine-day project to push an 11 000 tonne curved concrete box under the East Coast Main Line at Werrington to the north of Peterborough, in what Network Rail says is ‘a first for UK engineering.’
Network Rail awards £52m Birmingham bridge replacement contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded Skanska a £52m contract to replace bridge SAS13 which takes the Stechford – Aston line across the Birmingham – Derby route to the east of Birmingham city centre.
Tram-train project knowledge shared through learning hub
Network Rail awards framework contracts
Research aims to reduce electrification costs
Severn Tunnel emergency vehicle handed over
Network Rail sets climate change targets
Aberdeen – Dundee line to reopen on November 3
Network Rail signs ‘landmark’ wagon leasing contract
Network Rail publishes Environmental Sustainability Strategy
Composite footbridge under development
East Coast Main Line northern power supply works funded
Solar-powered scarecrow deployed to keep birds away from electrical equipment
11 700 km of electrification plus battery and hydrogen trains in traction decarbonisation strategy
Interim report sets out earthwork management plans following Stonehaven derailment