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Network Rail teams replace Wakefield railway bridge in major upgrade

Network Rail has replaced a railway bridge in Crofton, which was built over 140 years ago, in a £3.7million upgrade project.

Public consultation for Cambridge re-signalling propsoals opens today for six weeks

Network Rail’s public consultation on proposals to renew the railway’s signalling system and upgrade of seven level crossings across the Cambridge area opens today for six weeks.

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Award winning team helps nearly two million South West Railway journeys arrive on time by reducing trespass incidents

Feb 26, 2021

South Western Railway (SWR) and Network Rail Wessex had been dealing with around 700 trespass incidents and 55 fatalities a year on the network which had led to a doubling of delays over a 6-year...

East Coast Upgrade – High quality footage available to download for use on websites

Feb 25, 2021

Between 1 March and early June, hundreds of Network Rail workers will work 24/7 to simplify the track layout just outside of London King’s Cross station. The complex work will see the current layout, which...

East Coast Upgrade – Broadcast quality footage available to download

Feb 25, 2021

Between 1 March and early June, hundreds of Network Rail workers will work 24/7 to simplify the track layout just outside of London King’s Cross station. The complex work will see the current layout, which...

Suffolk level crossings set to get safety upgrades as work continues

Feb 25, 2021

In September 2020 Network Rail started work to upgrade three level crossings on the East Suffolk Line: Haywards (on Tide Mill Way) Ferry Lane Jetty Avenue (on Jetty Lane) The barriers at Haywards and Ferry...

Network Rail gives ‘Heart of Wessex’ line some love over five-day closure

Feb 25, 2021

Over a five-day line closure from Monday 15 to Friday 19 February, engineers completed a series of improvements to help maintain the reliability of the railway including: Rescaling of a railway cutting near Yeovil Pen...

Plans submitted for rockfall shelter extension to protect vital stretch of railway in Devon

Feb 25, 2021

The 209m long extension of the rockfall shelter north of Parsons Tunnel will help protect trains against falling rocks along this section of vital stretch of railway that connects communities across the south west with...

Multi-million pound project to upgrade 1980s railway means no trains through Horsham for 9 days this summer

Feb 25, 2021

From Saturday 14 to Sunday 22 August 2021, buses will replace trains along much of the Arun Valley line, from Arundel to Three Bridges including Horsham and Crawley, and the Mole Valley line between Horsham...

Historic station luggage bridge gets identical replica replacement

Feb 24, 2021

Network Rail is rebuilding the structure after the Grade II listed station's disused luggage bridge between platform 1 and 2 had fallen into disrepair. It was not until it was lifted out by crane in...
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