Great Western Railway services will be affected by rail improvement work in the Chipping Sodbury area affecting trains between Swindon and Bristol Parkway. Network Rail will carry out tunnel drainage alongside work to lift the track level which will affect train services from Monday 7 to Sunday 13 July, and on Sunday 20 July. In […]
Category: Infrastructure
Passengers invited to find out more ahead of major Stockport bridge rebuild
A £20 million investment in the Greek Street bridge will close the Manchester spur of the West Coast Main Line for three weeks this August. Network Rail is inviting passengers and the Stockport community to an information event where they can find out how their journeys will be affected during the work, which takes place […]
HS2 completes excavation of 8.4 mile tunnel under the capital
Construction of Britain’s new high-speed railway has passed a major milestone with excavation of the 8.4-mile Northolt Tunnel under London. The fourth of four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) being used to dig the twin-bore tunnel – the second-longest on the HS2 route between London and the West Midlands – completed its work yesterday. The machine, […]