Vital rail upgrades set to take place in Bedfordshire this weekend
Work on the Midland Main Line electrification project is to continue over the next two weekends, with buses running instead of trains. Overhead wires that…
Category: Infrastructure
£1.6m rail improvement project set to get underway in Scotland
As part of a £1.6m project, Network Rail engineers are to start on a series of works on the Far North Line. Rails and sleepers…
Scottish road set for closure as railway crossing upgrade begins
The A835 in Scotland is set for a closure in September and October as upgrade work takes place on the level crossing in Garve.
Revised plans issued for HS2’s station in Birmingham
HS2 has revised its plans for Curzon Street station in Birmingham to improve passenger experience, accessibility, and internal layout.
Multi-million pound track improvement works start in Scotland
Network Rail has reminded East Coast Main Line passengers that the first of three weekends of essential upgrade works is beginning this Saturday, 14 S…
Redundant Kent signal box finds a new home in Cornwall
A redundant 130-year-old signal box from Wye in Kent has been given a new lease of life at Prospidnick on the Helston Railway in Cornwall.
Amey secures £800m contract for Yorkshire rail upgrades
Amey has secured additional work on the TRUWest project by winning a major contract
Former Severn Tunnel track gets new lease of life
Track lifted in the recent Severn Tunnel works project is to be reused at GCRE
Plans approved for new railway station in Scotland
Plans have been approved for the building of a new station at Balgray
Heart of Wessex Line set for closure this September
Later this month, the line between Castle Cary and Weymouth is to close for one week because of track replacement work at Thornford in Dorset.