Learning from London Liverpool Street runaway
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch says a runaway incident at London’s Liverpool Street demonstrates the importance of drivers checking that their train is correctly secured…
York benefits from multi-million pound renewals programme
Teams from Network Rail have been working around the clock to deliver track improvements around York railway station. The station, sitting just outside the historic…
Tarmac head of rail completes fifty days as chair of Rail Freight Group
One of rail freight’s most active supporters, representing one of the sector’s biggest customers, has completed his first seven weeks in post as the chair…
Sparks fly in celebration over Transpennine Route upgrade
The UK government may be unable to make up its mind, but its infrastructure agency Network Rail is powering ahead with energising the north of…
A week of talks to settle strike disputes in the UK
Strikes crippled the British rail network in the first week of January. The long-running disputes on the network combined into the most prolonged period of…
Improve road to improve rail freight says Transport for the North
Freight by road accounts for ninety per cent of all tonnage moved in the North of England, say findings from Transport for the North, the…
Scotland’s Levenmouth project takes off
A new fly-through video shows Scotland’s short but significant Levenmouth rail project snaking its way towards completion. The lines are now being laid to see…
Storm damaged cross-border West Coast line closed until 6 January
The cross-border West Coast Main Line between Scotland and England has been severed by a landslip following the end-of-year storm that ravaged the south of…
HS2 freight tracks laid in west London
Work has begun to lay freight tracks at West Ruislip, in the northwest of London, as HS2 moves into the peak of construction. The sidings…