Rail passengers are being advised to plan their journeys in advance over Easter as Network Rail delivers an £86m investment programme consisting of more than 300 upgrade projects across the country. Across the Wessex route, train services along the south coast in Hampshire, notably between Southampton and Portsmouth, will be amended between 12 and 20 […]
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Telent Secures First CP7 Telecoms-Only Framework to Enhance Rail Reliability in Western and Wales
As part of Network Rail’s five-year planning and funding cycle, Control Period 7 (CP7), Telent has been appointed to deliver a telecoms renewal programme throughout the Wales and Western Region, which spans London to Penzance, Bristol, the Cotswolds and the whole of Wales. This first telecoms-only framework to be awarded in CP7, will see Telent, […]
Metro workers star on film to showcase the new trains
Metro workers are starring in a series of short films to help customers get to know the new Metro trains. The films, which are being screened on the Tyne and Wear Metro’s social media channels, show members of the Metro fleet project team explaining the many modern features on board the new trains – which […]
AmcoGiffen Unveils Innovative Academy for Temporary Works Coordinators
AmcoGiffen is proud to unveil its innovative Temporary Works Coordinators Academy, a significant step forward in its commitment to enhancing safety and excellence in Temporary Works Management, recognised as one of the most critical high-risk activities. The Academy is designed to instil best practices, mitigate risk behaviours, and foster a culture of collaboration among its […]
Amey celebrates the graduation of its first Rail Engineering degree apprentices
Amey celebrates the graduation of the first cohort of students from its pioneering Rail Engineering degree apprenticeship scheme, marking a major milestone in the company’s commitment to developing the next generation of highly skilled engineers. Launched in 2020, as a first-of-its-kind engineering degree programme in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University, the course offered aspiring rail […]
Early May Bank Holiday Weekend: Buses replace trains in the Basingstoke area while Network Rail carry out vital track improvements
Buses will replace trains in the Basingstoke area over the early May Bank Holiday Weekend (Sunday 4 and Monday 5 May) while Network Rail complete essential track improvements. Over the two-day closure, Network Rail’s engineers will be replacing the track that runs through Platform 4 at Basingstoke station as well as between Fleet and Farnborough […]
Great Western Railway and Network Rail bring Control under single leadership team
Great Western Railway (GWR) and Network Rail are joining forces by bringing their Control functions together in a single, joint team to bolster collaborative working and service delivery. The move to bring track and train closer together builds on the organisations’ collaborative working and formal alliance agreement originally signed in 2016 – it is designed […]
Geotechnical contractor earns multiple industry award nominations
Ground engineering specialist Geobear has been nominated for several industry awards, including UK Project with a Geotechnical Value of between £500K and £1M Award alongside Network Rail, Ayesa and Murphy. The other shortlistings are for the Small Project Award, up to £5 million, and the Health and Safety Award. The Institute of Civil Engineers North West […]
New Passenger Assistance Points installed at 40 Northern stations to give disabled customers the confidence to travel by train
New facilities designed to give disabled customers the confidence to travel by train have been installed at dozens of stations across the North of England. Passenger Assistance Points have been introduced over the last year at 31 stations, including Windermere, Warrington Central, Rotherham Central and Bradford Interchange. Each point is located close to the ticket […]
Robert Stephenson statue goes on display at the Locomotion Museum, marking 200 years of the British passenger railway
The historic bronze statue of Robert Stephenson, the great railway engineer, has gone on display at the Locomotion Museum in Shildon, County Durham. Since its removal from the piazza at London’s Euston station as part of the HS2 redevelopment in October 2020, the statue of the railway pioneer has been kept by HS2 in safe […]