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Network Rail delivers £800k bridge structure at Westgate-on-Sea railway station

Network Rail has completed an £800,000 replacement of the footbridge at Westgate-on-Sea station with stepped access between the station’s two platforms over the tracks of the Chatham Main Line.

Better station ahead for Denmark Hill passengers with £7.5m station investment

Denmark Hill passengers can look forward to less crowding  within the station and a more reliable train service as £7.5m upgrade plans get underway from September. 

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Network Rail brings new start for old railway depot in Kent

Aug 28, 2020

The old Chart Leacon depot in Ashford closed in 2014 and has lain empty since then. Now Network Rail contractors Balfour Beatty are taking it down in order to make room for five new railway...

New bridge and new rails on track as Network Rail invests £9.1m to improve railway in Kent and South East London this August Bank Holiday

Aug 24, 2020

Along with the work to replace the bridge at Catford, South East London, engineers will also be replacing points, the moveable rails which allow trains to change tracks, at a very busy junction near Crayford....

VIDEO: Near miss with group of walkers in Kent sparks Network Rail appeal to crossing users

Aug 20, 2020

As the weather has got warmer and COVID restrictions have been loosened, level crossing managers from the company’s Southern Region have noticed a rise in the numbers of people using footpath crossings. While some of...

Appeal after 13 drivers run red lights at one Kent level crossing – in just two months

Aug 4, 2020

Registration numbers are being taken, with details being passed to the police for action. Network Rail’s route director for Kent, Fiona Taylor, said: “I can’t believe I’ve got to say this, but the flashing red...

VIDEO: Better journeys for South East London and Kent rail passengers as £81m signalling system at Hither Green comes into use

Aug 3, 2020

Passengers have been thanked for their patience during the disruption: The old system, which controlled the movement of trains on the lines through Hither Green, had been in place since the 1970s. It had become...

Farewell to the old and in with the new as London Bridge signalling centre closes and £81m signalling scheme hits halfway point in South London

Jul 30, 2020

The project means the whole main line from Charing Cross and St Pancras International to Chislehurst is under the control of Three Bridges Rail Operating Centre near Gatwick in Sussex, signalled from modern WestCAD workstations....

Video: Vital signalling work means nine days with no trains through Hither Green, South East London, starting tomorrow (Saturday)

Jul 24, 2020

The main line from Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Orpington to Charing Cross and Cannon Street will be closed through the area for nine days from Saturday 25 July to Sunday 2 August 2020, along with the...
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