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Midlands Rail Hub names preferred alliance partners

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  • August 29, 2025
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The ‘Midlands Rail Hub’ project has named the four companies which are its preferred partners for the scheme.

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Network Rail awards £1.1bn worth of On Track Machine contracts

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  • April 7, 2025
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Contracts worth up to £1.1 billion have been awarded to 4 suppliers of On Track Machines for maintenance and renewal of Britain’s railway network.

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VolkerRail Training exercise straightens out GCR(N) track

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  • September 30, 2024
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VolkerRail aids track straightening between Nottingham and Rushcliffe Halt

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Network Rail awards VolkerRail its first major contract in Scotland

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  • August 14, 2024
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Network Rail awards VolkerRail £150m contract for signalling, power, and communications work on Scotland’s Railway

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Digital signalling coming to Yorkshire as part of £4bn plan

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  • April 10, 2024
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Network Rail has announced a 10-year £4bn signalling plan that will see better reliability using a mix of traditional signalling and digital control.

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East West Rail completes tracklaying between Oxford and Bletchley

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  • March 10, 2024
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For the first time in 50 years Oxford and Bletchley are linked by rail as part of East West Rail which will eventually continue to Cambridge.

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Hope Valley Upgrade includes accessible footbridge at Dore and Totley

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  • February 5, 2024
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Rail operators and disability groups have been key to improvements at Dore and Totley station, part of the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade.

Charity challenges rail community to spend a night on a station floor
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Charity challenges rail community to spend a night on a station floor

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  • January 27, 2024
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The Railway Children charity has challenged the rail community to spend a night on a station floor to support its work with vulnerable children.

New Tyne & Wear Metro Gosforth Depot is completed
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New Tyne & Wear Metro Gosforth Depot is completed

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  • January 25, 2024
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VolkerFitzPatrick has finished building Tyne and Wear Metro’s new depot at Gosforth on behalf of contractor Stadler.

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