Huge improvements planned across the West Coast Main Line this Easter

Passengers travelling on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) this Easter have been urged to check before they travel as a huge programme of improvement work continues. From 3-20 April the latest stage of £400 million upgrades across Europe’s busiest mixed-use railway will be completed. These improvements will create a more reliable and resilient railway […]

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 […]

East West Rail meets ministers to discuss accelerating infrastructure delivery

East West Railway Company (EWR Co) joined key infrastructure providers this week to discuss with Government how the new Planning and Infrastructure Act will help deliver critical infrastructure more quickly and improve public engagement during the planning process. The new Act became law just before Christmas and aims to streamline the planning system, accelerating the […]