A Chinese Youtuber with money to burn and more spare time than most has constructed a working miniature subway system for his cat. Xing Zhilei, who has a background in engineering, said the subway took four months to complete. He explained the idea came after viewers asked him to take on a new challenge following […]
Category: Rail Projects
Improvements on the Isle of Wight necessitate Island Line closures in October and November
From Saturday 18 October until Monday 17 November, vital improvements work will fully then partially close the Island Line on the Isle of Wight. The whole Island Line will be closed from Saturday 18 October to Monday 3 November. From Monday 3 to Monday 17 November, trains will only run between Ryde St Johns Road […]
Essential weekend bridge work to affect rail services between Maesteg and Bridgend
Network Rail Wales and Borders will be carrying out major refurbishment work on Coedtrehen bridge near Maesteg Road over the August bank holiday weekend. From 10pm on Friday 22 August until 5pm on Monday 25 August, our teams will be working around the clock to complete improvements to the bridge, including strengthening, painting, and resurfacing. As […]
Greek Street bridge – out with the old, now it’s in with the new in Stockport
A 67-year-old railway bridge carrying a roundabout over the West Coast Main Line in Stockport has been successfully removed in the first week of its major £20m replacement. Network Rail is ten days into a 21-day railway closure for the huge civil engineering project to transform transport in the town. Around 100 engineers per day […]
Severn Valley Railway members back One Railway restructure
Members of the Severn Valley Railway Company Limited have voted to support the next stage of the SVR’s ambitious restructure plans, known as the One Railway project. At the Company’s Annual General Meeting at Kidderminster Railway Museum on Saturday 9 August, members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the amalgamation of the Severn Valley Railway Company […]
Giant HS2 bridge ready to be moved into place in central Birmingham
A specialist HS2 engineering team is preparing to move a 112m long, 1,631 tonne steel structure over a section of Lawley Middleway – part of Birmingham’s ring road this August. The operation will be delivered by HS2’s main works contractor in the Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) and their bridge move contractor Mammoet. Rather than […]
Giant HS2 bridge ready to be moved into place in central Birmingham
A specialist HS2 engineering team is preparing to move a 112m long, 1,631 tonne steel structure over a section of Lawley Middleway – part of Birmingham’s ring road this August. The operation will be delivered by HS2’s main works contractor in the Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) and their bridge move contractor Mammoet. Rather than […]
Surveys result in closure of railway between Whitehaven and Corkicle
Cumbrian Coast Line passengers are being advised the railway between Whitehaven and Corkicle will remain closed after recent surveys. Network Rail has been working inside Bransty Tunnel for the last five days carrying out assessments ahead of a full track and drainage renewal in August and September. It involved doing tests to assess any weight limits needed […]
Irish trial assemblies complete as huge railway bridge sets sail for Stockport
Huge concrete components which will form a new £20m railway bridge and roundabout in Stockport are now travelling over the Irish sea ready for the project’s main construction phase in just 4 days’ time. Network Rail and engineers from its contractor Murphy are gearing up for a meticulously planned three-week window during which Greek Street […]
HS2 lifts third giant tunnelling machine in London after 3.4-mile underground journey
On Saturday 26th July, the team working on the HS2 project lifted the TBM’s 9.11metre diameter cutterhead, front and middle shield, weighing 880 tonnes, using a large gantry crane. The tunnelling machine concluded its 3.4-mile journey from Victoria Road in Ealing in June, arriving in an underground reception chamber. TBM Emily excavated 775,000 tonnes of London Clay and installed […]