Farah Al Fulfulee was just four years old when she started climbing onto the roof of her family’s house in Iraq to gaze at the stars. “It scared me how vast and quiet the sky was, but it made me very curious. I grew a deep passion for the stars and constellations and what they […]
£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 […]