Passengers using the Cross City North line between Birmingham and Lichfield are being reminded no trains will run for seven days starting on Monday. There will be no services between Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley from Monday 28 July until Sunday 3 August inclusive, with the line reopening as normal on Monday 4 […]
Category: Infrastructure
Essential safety upgrades for Longport footbridge this summer
Passengers and pedestrians using Longport station in Stoke-on-Trent are being reminded of major improvements to the station’s footbridge this summer. Network Rail is investing £1.4 million to upgrade the structure and staircases making them safer and more reliable for station users. It means that from Monday 4 August to Friday 10 October* the bridge will […]
Opening event celebrates Derbyshire station accessibility scheme’s successful completion
The completion of Alfreton station’s £6.75 million accessibility upgrade was celebrated with an official opening event today (Wednesday 23 July). The project was funded through the Department for Transport’s Access for All scheme and delivered by Network Rail’s East Midlands route. It has involved building two lifts, fully refurbishing the footbridge, adding a new ramp […]
Staffordshire rail upgrades to improve safety and journey reliability
Passengers and residents in Stone, Staffordshire, are being advised about a £7m+ package of railway upgrades to improve safety, performance and long-term reliability on the West Coast Main Line. The work, which has been planned during the summer school holidays, includes refurbishing the River Trent Viaduct, replacing track at Stone station and the renewal of […]
Hitachi Rail and SYMCA Sign 15-Year Framework to Deliver the Future of South Yorkshire Supertram
Hitachi Rail and South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) have signed a new 15-year Technology Partner Framework Agreement, which will underpin the next generation of technology modernisation on the South Yorkshire Supertram network. The agreement establishes Hitachi Rail as SYMCA’s long-term strategic technology partner for the Supertram network. It marks another milestone in SYMCA’s plans […]
South Eastern Railway and Thameslink issue early notice of major engineering work through Dartford next year
Rail passengers in south east London and Kent are being advised of major engineering work in the Dartford area over the February half-term next year, which will mean buses replace trains between Gravesend, Dartford, Slade Green, Barnehurst and Crayford. Dartford Junction is one of the busiest railway junctions in Kent and supports tens of thousands […]
Copper cable theft highlights need for dedicated railway security, says expert
In the wake of major disruption caused by cable theft on the Eurostar line, smarter security specialists Land Sheriffs are highlighting the need for dedicated security to keep the railways operational and safe. At the end of June, 600 metres of copper cables were stolen overnight from tracks used by the Eurostar near Lille in […]