Category: Infrastructure

London St. Pancras Highspeed reports best operational performance in a decade

The UK’s only high-speed rail operator, London St. Pancras Highspeed, has achieved its best operational performance in a decade as reported in its Asset Management Annual Statement. This places the infrastructure manager in a strong position ahead of forecasted growth as passenger demand for international rail travel is expected to triple by 2040, according to […]

Third HS2 tunnelling machine completes its drive beneath London

HS2’s tunnelling team in London is one step closer to completing the capital’s Northolt Tunnel after the latest in a series of complex tunnelling breakthroughs. The tunnel boring machine (TBM), named Emily, completed its 3.4-mile drive at Green Park Way in Greenford, west London – the third of four machines to complete its work on […]

Railway upgrade works between Bridgend and St Fagans, Cardiff

Network Rail (Wales and Borders) is undertaking an essential programme of track renewal and maintenance work between Bridgend and St Fagans. The works – which include renewing rails, sleepers, and stones under the track – are critical to maintaining the safety and reliability of the rail network. The work will involve a combination of day […]

Overnight move as iconic railway artefact finds new home

Oulton Broad North railway station signal box, an iconic piece of railway infrastructure and familiarlandmark to both rail and road users is to be preserved for future generations following a majorovernight exercise to relocate it to a nearby museum. In the early hours of Sunday, 8 June, volunteers from Network Rail, the Wherry Lines Community […]

Passengers advised of rail improvement work affecting Midland Main Line journeys over several weekends

A range of rail improvement projects will be carried out during a series of weekend engineering work affecting London journeys on the Midland Main Line. Passengers are advised to plan ahead as journeys will take longer than usual because of the planned upgrades between Kettering and Leicester. The improvements – taking place on six consecutive […]