A train operating on Brittany Ferries’ rail highway service derailed yesterday shortly after leaving Cherbourg for Bayonne-Mouguerre, in the French Basque Country. No injuries were…
M6 opens early after successful railway bridge installation
The M6 through Cumbria has reopened 13 hours earlier than planned after the successful installation of a 4,200-tonne railway bridge over the motorway this weekend. Clifton railway bridge near Penrith has been replaced by Network Rail and its principal contractor Skanska as part of a £60 million investment to make the West Coast Main Line […]
Network Rail thanks Severn Valley Railway for Storm Goretti support
As Storm Goretti closed in on the UK last week, a diesel locomotive from the Severn Valley Railway heeded a call from Network Rail to help clear snow and debris from the West Midlands main line overnight. With an amber weather warning in place and the storm about to strike, the SVR made available one […]
RIA reviews Government rail performance
Eighteen months since the Government took office in July 2024, The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has delivered its third six-monthly assessment on the progress of UK rail policy. RIA recognises there has been progress on rail reform – including initiation of the Government’s Railways Bill to establish Great British Railways – and there has been […]