Monitoring by the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has found that air quality in stations across Britain is generally good, and where improvements are needed, the rail industry is already acting. The findings form part of the Air Quality Monitoring Network (AQMN), commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) to provide transparent, reliable information […]
Category: Environment
Embankment works due as part of Dorset railway upgrades
Buses will be replacing trains between Yeovil Pen Mill and Weymouth on the Heart of Wessex Line between 28 February and 8 March. During this time, Network Rail engineers will be working to strengthen the embankments between Chetnole and Maiden Newton around the Evershot Tunnel. To do this, the team will be cutting through soil […]
Heritage railway harnesses solar energy to keep environmental gains on track
Sustainability goals and a desire to reduce environmental impact are behind the Kent & East Sussex Railway’s (K&ESR) latest station upgrade, made possible by a UK Government-funded grant from Ashford Borough Council. The award-winning heritage railway has received a Rural Energy Transition grant of £14,740 from the council to help with the cost of installing […]
Railway at Ockley reopens after emergency landslip repairs
Network Rail has thanked the local community for their patience following the slip on an embankment to the south of Ockley station, which meant that the two tracks on this stretch of line between Horsham and Dorking had been left impassable since 27 January. Since teams arrived on site, work has been carried out throughout […]
Devon and Cornwall passengers advised to check before travelling during the first week of February
Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) are advising passengers in Devon and Cornwall to continue to check before travelling as engineers work to fix flood damage to railway lines, with a further weather warning for heavy rain in the region lasting from noon on Monday 2 February until 09:00am on Tuesday morning. Following heavy […]
Transpennine Route Upgrade accelerates in Ravensthorpe
Significant progress is being made in the delivery of upgrades by the Transpennine Route Upgrade team in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire following the closure of the station in December, with work on the new Calder Road bridge and Baker Viaduct well underway. TRU will build a new, modernised Ravensthorpe station 200 metres west of the current […]
Disruption expected until mid-February after landslip at Ockley
A landslip in Surrey has left one of the tracks of the railway between Horsham and Dorking hanging in mid-air, with continued disruption expected for customers until the middle of February. The slip, on an embankment to the south of Ockley station, has meant that the two tracks on the line between Horsham and Dorking […]