Essential track renewals and maintenance work will take place from early November, helping to improve the safety, reliability and resilience of the railway across west Wales. The work will involve three separate closures, including a week-long closure of the Whitland to Pembroke line and two weekend closures affecting all railway lines west of Carmarthen. Bringing […]
Category: Rail Projects
TRU purchases biodiversity units from Leeds City Council for local woodland enhancement
Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has completed the purchase of 26 biodiversity units from Leeds City Council to support enhancements at two woodland sites, Barnbow Woods and Barnbow Hall Woods. The project will deliver 8.32 hectares of long-term woodland habitat enhancement – equivalent to 11 football pitches – supporting the programme’s commitment to delivering 10% Biodiversity […]
Amey appointed to deliver systemwide integration for Northern Powerhouse Rail
Amey has secured a new contract with Network Rail to provide systemwide integration services for Phase One of the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) programme, further strengthening its role in one of the UK’s most significant rail infrastructure programmes. Awarded through Network Rail’s Development and Design Partnership Framework (DDPF), the new Systemwide Integration contract will see […]
Progress for HS2’s Wendover green tunnel
HS2’s ‘green tunnel’ at Wendover in Buckinghamshire took a major step forward this week with the completion of the central part of the cut-and-cover structure which has been designed to cut noise and disturbance for people living nearby. Set to stretch for around a mile (1.4km), the tunnel is being built inside a cutting alongside […]
Progress for HS2’s Wendover green tunnel
HS2’s ‘green tunnel’ at Wendover in Buckinghamshire took a major step forward this week with the completion of the central part of the cut-and-cover structure which has been designed to cut noise and disturbance for people living nearby. Set to stretch for around a mile (1.4km), the tunnel is being built inside a cutting alongside […]
Progress for HS2’s Wendover green tunnel
HS2’s ‘green tunnel’ at Wendover in Buckinghamshire took a major step forward this week with the completion of the central part of the cut-and-cover structure which has been designed to cut noise and disturbance for people living nearby. Set to stretch for around a mile (1.4km), the tunnel is being built inside a cutting alongside […]
Progress for HS2’s Wendover green tunnel
HS2’s ‘green tunnel’ at Wendover in Buckinghamshire took a major step forward this week with the completion of the central part of the cut-and-cover structure which has been designed to cut noise and disturbance for people living nearby. Set to stretch for around a mile (1.4km), the tunnel is being built inside a cutting alongside […]
Railway upgrade programme completed between Newcastle and Scotland
Passengers travelling between Newcastle and Scotland are now benefiting from a £7.1 million package of railway improvements delivered by Network Rail over the past three weekends. A key part of the programme focused on drainage, with systems upgraded at Scremerston, Northumberland and more than four miles of drainage cleared along the route. The work will […]
Railway upgrade programme completed between Newcastle and Scotland
Passengers travelling between Newcastle and Scotland are now benefiting from a £7.1 million package of railway improvements delivered by Network Rail over the past three weekends. A key part of the programme focused on drainage, with systems upgraded at Scremerston, Northumberland and more than four miles of drainage cleared along the route. The work will […]
£1.5m track investment to deliver more reliable journeys in Lincolnshire
A £1.5 million investment will renew nearly 1.2km of track near Snelland, Lincolnshire to deliver smoother, more reliable journeys for passengers travelling between Lincoln and Cleethorpes. Passengers are advised that the work means buses will replace trains between Cleethorpes and Lincoln/Barton-on-Humber on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October. Snelland level crossing, on Station Road, will […]