ORR authorises Northumberland Park Station on the Northumberland Line

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR), the rail regulator, has authorised Northumberland Park Station in North Tyneside, the fifth of six stations to open as part of the Northumberland Line project. Northumberland Park is set to open on Sunday 22 February. Bedlington Station, the final station on the line, is expected to be authorised and open in March 2026. The Northumberland Line project has reintroduced passenger rail services between […]

ORR authorises Northumberland Park Station on the Northumberland Line

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR), the rail regulator, has authorised Northumberland Park Station in North Tyneside, the fifth of six stations to open as part of the Northumberland Line project. Northumberland Park is set to open on Sunday 22 February. Bedlington Station, the final station on the line, is expected to be authorised and open in March 2026. The Northumberland Line project has reintroduced passenger rail services between […]

Google plans $15B subsea cable to boost AI infrastructure

Google has announced a $15 billion dollar subsea cable to establish new digital routes and boost infrastructure for AI. The America-India Connect initiative is a five-year plan extending across four continents. The company intends to establish new digi…

Track improvement work affecting services this Sunday

Track renewal work taking place this weekend will mean buses replace trains between Leicester and Peterborough on Sunday 22 February. Network Rail will be working between Melton Mowbray and Syston East Junction to upgrade 300 yards of track to make journeys smoother and more reliable, reducing the need for future maintenance. The £582,000 investment will […]

Train services resume between New Malden and Twickenham after four-day line closure for upgrades

Train services are running between New Malden and Twickenham in south west London again after Network Rail engineers carried out four days of improvements to the railway. In Kingston, engineers replaced 25 pairs of wheel timbers, the long blocks that support the tracks, on Kingston River Bridge. The team also carried out general maintenance in […]

Normal service at Aberdeen Station following £3.8m track improvements

Normal service will resume at Aberdeen Station this weekend following the completion of essential track upgrades.  The station was closed for the last three weekends while Network Rail delivered £3.8m worth of improvements, aimed at keeping services running reliably for customers.    The work was carried out across platforms 3, 4, 6 and 7, where almost a mile and […]