Passengers travelling between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings and between Bexhill and Hastings are advised to plan ahead as a major programme of improvement work takes place between Saturday 25 October and Sunday 2 November 2025. Buses will replace Southeastern trains between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings, and Southern trains between Bexhill and Hastings for all nine […]
Category: Structures
London Waterloo roof upgrade approaches halfway point as station celebrates 177th birthday
London Waterloo celebrated its 177th birthday on Friday 11 July, as work to upgrade the roof for the next few decades approaches the halfway mark. So far, 10 of the 25 station concourse bays have been completed with work ongoing on four of them. Work has also commenced on six of the nine porte cochere […]
Celebrating a decade of World Heritage status for the Forth Bridge
This weekend will mark 10 years since one of Scotland’s most iconic landmarks, the Forth Bridge, was officially inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The bridge became Scotland’s sixth World Heritage Site on 5 July 2015. It joined Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns, the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, New Lanark, the Antonine Wall, and […]
Celebrating a decade of World Heritage status for the Forth Bridge
This weekend will mark 10 years since one of Scotland’s most iconic landmarks, the Forth Bridge, was officially inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The bridge became Scotland’s sixth World Heritage Site on 5 July 2015. It joined Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns, the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, New Lanark, the Antonine Wall, and […]
Work to start installing lifts at two more Merseyrail stations – with a further two to come
Work has begun on installing lifts at two more Merseyrail stations – with a further two in the design stage. A £9.5m investment will see Aigburth and Rock Ferry stations soon become fully accessible to passengers with mobility issues, prams, bikes and wheelchairs. Plans are also being drawn up for lifts at Port Sunlight and […]
Essential safety upgrades for Longport footbridge this summer
Network Rail will begin a major £1.4 million upgrade of the footbridge at Longport station this summer to improve safety for passengers and pedestrians and enhance the long-term resilience of the structure for years to come. From 26 July to 14 September, engineers will carry out essential repairs to the bridge, which crosses two electrified […]
Passengers invited to find out more ahead of major Stockport bridge rebuild
A £20 million investment in the Greek Street bridge will close the Manchester spur of the West Coast Main Line for three weeks this August. Network Rail is inviting passengers and the Stockport community to an information event where they can find out how their journeys will be affected during the work, which takes place […]
HS2 completes three-day Northants viaduct slide
HS2 has revealed new timelapse footage showing engineers carefully sliding a 1,300-tonne viaduct deck into position near the Northants village of Thorpe Mandeville. The steel and concrete deck of the Lower Thorpe viaduct – which stretches for 220 metres – was assembled to one side before being slid into position in just three days, reaching […]
Picture perfect Peak District viaduct to get £7.5 million renewal
An iconic railway viaduct which is crucial to the Peak District quarrying industry is getting a multi-million-pound upgrade this summer. Network Rail is investing £7.5 million to improve one of Chapel Milton’s twin Victorian viaducts between now and the autumn. The 160-year-old 15-arch structure is a mainstay of the success of the country’s freight network, […]
Overnight move as iconic railway artefact finds new home
Oulton Broad North railway station signal box, an iconic piece of railway infrastructure and familiarlandmark to both rail and road users is to be preserved for future generations following a majorovernight exercise to relocate it to a nearby museum. In the early hours of Sunday, 8 June, volunteers from Network Rail, the Wherry Lines Community […]