Category: Infrastructure

Alstom wraps up £49 million signalling works on Farncombe to Petersfield line

Alstom is celebrating after it successfully delivered new innovative signalling, first-of-type level crossings and other assets between Farncombe in Surrey and Petersfield in Hampshire on the Portsmouth Direct line. The £49 million project has upgraded a section of UK railway built more than 150 years ago with much-needed technology enhancements that offers greater reliability for […]

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 […]