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Rapid railway renewals on West Coast main line in North London

Three years’ worth of work to upgrade drainage, track and signalling equipment over a seven-mile stretch of railway in North London has been completed in just eleven days by Network Rail.

Drone shows Victorian-built railway getting 21st century upgrade

Drone images have been released showing how the West Coast main line is being secured from landslips in Warwickshire.

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Super-fast Northampton railway upgrades complete for passengers

Mar 22, 2021

On Saturday 20 March a more reliable railway reopened for passengers after the super-fast improvements to the West Coast main line. The upgrades included improving drainage in the Victorian-built Crick tunnel on the Northampton loop....

Super-fast work to improve West Coast main line journeys

Mar 17, 2021

Thirty-four individual projects will take place along a seven-mile stretch of railway between Saturday 20 and Wednesday 31 March. This amount of work would normally take three years of consecutive overnight weekend shifts to complete...

Flood prone Victorian tunnel gets once in a generation repair

Mar 10, 2021

Network Rail engineers will improve drainage in Crick tunnel on the Northampton loop. This will reduce delays to one of Europe’s busiest mixed-use passenger and freight railway lines. Because of its age, water leaks through...

Station staff swap passengers for patients in Covid jab effort

Mar 8, 2021

The Network Rail staff have been given special training so they can be called in to help deliver vaccines at large vaccination hubs soon to open in North London. Qualified health professions trained the five...

Network Rail clears Old Oak Common ‘super-hub’ station site

Mar 5, 2021

Network Rail is removing overhead electric lines and disconnecting utilities before building and track demolition can begin to clear the site for the ‘super-hub’ station as part of Britain’s new high-speed rail network HS2. After...

Cat avoids train surfing hitch hike from London Euston to Manchester

Mar 3, 2021

Wide-eyed and terrified, the cat was seen curled up on top of the 125mph Pendolino service at 8.30pm last night (Tuesday 2 March) while it was stationed at a platform. Facing an extremely dangerous situation,...

Railway track repairs divert trains on West Coast main line

Mar 2, 2021

A routine Network Rail inspection on Sunday 28 March found that a piece of rail at a railway junction was damaged. A crossing – the rails which allow trains to cross between tracks – now...

Euston station trials bacteria busting ultra-violet technology

Feb 22, 2021

The kit inside the escalator shines powerful ultra-violet (UV-C) light onto the handrail surface. This kills 99.99% of bacteria each time the escalator goes around. Engineers have installed the device into one of the station’s...
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