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Category: Rail News
£84 million OLE project completed on time and under budget
A major project to upgrade overhead line equipment between London and Bedford has been successfully delivered by Network Rail – on time and under budget. The £84 million Midland Main Line improvement project – called OLE125 Compatibility – ran from September 2023 to June this year. Overhead wires and supporting infrastructure installed in the 1980s […]
More progress made on £1.4 billion East Coast Digital Programme
Rail passengers are being thanked for their patience after further upgrade work was delivered on the East Coast Main Line. Journeys between Peterborough/Royston and London King’s Cross on Sunday 15 June were affected by testing work on the new digital in-cab signalling system that will be introduced to the main line in the coming years […]
Footage released of East West Rail’s first commercial freight train
The first commercial freight train has travelled along the East West Rail line as part of its journey into a new strategic rail freight interchange in Northampton. Shortly after 13:00 yesterday (Monday 16 June) the service from Didcot came onto the new infrastructure at Oxford, travelling the 35 miles to Milton Keynes to connect with […]
British Steel secures new £500-million Network Rail contract
British Steel has secured a new £500-million long-term supply contract with Network Rail. The five-year agreement – with an option to extend for a further three years – sees British Steel retain its position as principal supplier to the organisation which operates and maintains Britain’s rail infrastructure. All the rails will be manufactured at British […]