Network Rail engineers worked over Christmas on railway upgrades

Whilst many people were enjoying Christmas festivities at home, Network Rail engineers were working around the clock on several major upgrades.

Christmas work delivers a better railway for passengers

Rail teams across Anglia have successfully delivered a range of engineering work over the festive period which has improved the railway for passengers. While millions of people tucked into their Christmas dinners, hundreds of engineers were out in force to deliver major renewals projects, undertake maintenance and repairs at a time when the railway is […]

£7m upgrade boosts Scotland’s rail freight network

Network Rail has delivered £7m worth of rail improvements in North Lanarkshire, strengthening one of the most critical freight corridors in Scotland.  Mossend is a vital hub for moving goods across the country. It’s home to three major freight depots and last year handled more than 80% of the country’s rail freight, making it a key part of the national […]

Full service resumes between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction after upgrades to South Western Railway network

This morning, 5 January, South Western Railway services resumed between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction following 11 days of engineering work on one of the busiest stretches of railway in the country More than 350 engineers have worked around the clock since Christmas Day to deliver  a series of  upgrades in the Queenstown Road area […]

Impressive time-lapse released of weekend railway bridge demolition over M6

Motorists, rail passengers, and residents impacted by the £60 million renewal of a major West Coast Main Line railway bridge are being thanked after disruptive demolition work was successfully completed this weekend. The huge project near Penrith in Cumbria involves a 130-metre-long bridge being removed and a new one installed over the first two weekends […]