Network Rail launches technical strategy for the future
8 July 2013 | By Network Rail
Network Rail has published its technical strategy, outlining the research and development priorities and opportunities...
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Network Rail’s newest train takes to the rails
8 July 2013 | By Network Rail
The newest addition to Network Rail’s train fleet has left the depot for the first time on a series of test runs...
Network Rail supply chain changes bring ballast in-house
4 July 2013 | By Network Rail
Network Rail’s National Delivery Service has announced it has brought in-house services...
£400m Edinburgh-Glasgow electrification work out to tender
1 July 2013 | By Network Rail
Network Rail has begun the tendering process for the electrification of the flagship Edinburgh Waverley-Glasgow Queen Street line...
Major investment to improve West Coast rail performance
24 June 2013 | By Network Rail
Network Rail revealed details of a series of projects, worth nearly £40m...
Rescuing trains gets easier
6 June 2013 | By Network Rail
Adaptions have been made to Network Rail’s fleet of Class 57s in the south to allow them to rescue failed electric multiple units...
Network Rail full-year results 2012/13
6 June 2013 | By Network Rail
Network Rail invested more than ever before (in cash terms) – some £14m a day (£5bn for the year) – in renewing and expanding Britain’s railway in 2012/13...
Consultation opens on proposed routes for Crossrail 2
14 May 2013 | By Network Rail
With London’s population set to boom, plans are underway for a vital new rail line, Crossrail 2...
Rail Minister visits construction site of new Wakefield Westgate station
14 May 2013 | By Network Rail
Minister lays bricks for £8.8 million project to construct the first new-build station on the East Coast Main Line in decades...
100+ events to raise awareness of level crossings dangers
7 May 2013 | By Network Rail
Rail safety teams across the country are hosting more than 100 awareness events at level crossings across Britain...
Historic journey marks the first anniversary of the Network Rail and South West Trains Alliance
1 May 2013 | By Network Rail
“The alliance is an industry first..."
Birmingham welcomes its new New Street station
29 April 2013 | By Network Rail
More than three years in the making, the first half of the new concourse at Birmingham New Street station has opened...
Planning for the future of railways in London, the South East… and beyond
24 April 2013 | By Network Rail
The first step towards a new map for the future of the railway in London and the south east of England has been taken...
West Coast Main Line to receive major improvement work
24 April 2013 | By Network Rail
Work on the West Coast Main Line will be carried out this summer to increase the speed that trains can travel...
Main construction work begins on new Borders Railway
18 April 2013 | By Network Rail
Network Rail and principal contractor BAM Nuttall begin main construction work on the new Borders Railway line...
