Bridge bashing remains Britain’s national sport
Foster’s Bridge in Ketton finally got certified for traffic after being out of action for most of the month due to a particularly damaging bridge…
UK rail projects dodge the axe in Autumn Statement
This month’s UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivered a long and detailed budget last week. Although dubbed an “Autumn Statement”, the epic two-hour delivery found no…
Critical UK link route to reopen after brutal bridge bash
Services are due to resume in full this Wednesday 23 November, after a serious bridge strike by an oversized road vehicle required almost complete reinstatement.…
Carlisle derailment crane lift but opening drifts into December
A massive crane lift has helped Carlisle repairs ramp up. Eight hundred tonnes of crane does not come cheap, but that’s the price of restoring…
UK’s high-speed railway says truck off, Bucks!
Britain’s high-speed railway project has engaged with rail freight to move 300,000 truck journeys off the rural roads of Buckinghamshire roads. The first of approximately…
Fears UK Northern Powerhouse Rail will be axed … again
Off. On. Off. Northern Powerhouse Rail, the proposal to build a dedicated high-speed line to connect major cities in the north of England, is once…
British power generator Drax orders new WH Davis biomass fleet
Drax, the UK’s biggest generator of renewable electricity, is expanding its rail fleet, with an order for UK built rolling stock. The iconic cooling towers…
Carlisle progress but complications put UK reopening back by weeks
Initial hopes that the derailment at Carlisle would be resolved in a matters of days have resolved into weeks. The cement train that came off…
Rutland Bridge bash means freight diversions for another week
The railway bridge struck so heavily that it had to be partly demolished is still out of action two weeks after the incident. Rail traffic…