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Keeping the workforce safe – new Sentinel smart cards rolled out
16 December 2013 | By Network Rail
These smart cards offer a step-change in safety...
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Network Rail own, operate and develop Britain’s railway infrastructure; that’s 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations. Network Rail also runs 20 of Britain’s largest stations. Here follows our content related to Network Rail.
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New high speed GNER rail services in December 2016 will slash London – Edinburgh journey times
12 December 2013 | By Alliance Rail Holdings
GNER has announced its plans to introduce a new high speed express train service...
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£15m to improve the railway at Whiteball tunnel
10 December 2013 | By Network Rail
Passengers between Tiverton and Taunton are set to benefit as Network Rail invests in a major scheme at Whiteball tunnel...
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Network Rail delivers first phase of £400m North West electrification
9 December 2013 | By Network Rail
Electric trains have started to operate between Newton Le Willows and Castlefield junction outside Manchester Piccadilly...
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Rebuilding for a proper gateway
4 December 2013 | By Network Rail
When the last round of redevelopment work began at Birmingham New Street in the 1960s, England were on the verge of winning the World Cup and rail travel was forecast to decline. Since then rail travel has enjoyed rather more success than the England football team and the station handles…
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Making the capacity case for HS2
4 December 2013 | By Rupert Walker, Head of High-Speed Rail Development, Network Rail
Britain’s railways are booming. Last year, more than 1.5 billion journeys were made by train and the network moved around 100 million tonnes of goods. But railways do much more than just move people and freight; they connect homes and workplaces, businesses with markets, they create jobs, stimulate trade and…
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Work gets underway to transform “old” New Street station
3 December 2013 | By Network Rail
Work has begun to transform the east side of Birmingham’s New Street station...
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Parsons Brinckerhoff appointed as design engineers for the Trans Pennine West Electrification programme
29 November 2013 | By
The company is already working closely with Network Rail on other major schemes...
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Crossrail submits plans for major improvements to Ealing Broadway station
25 November 2013 | By Crossrail
The proposed plans would replace the existing cramped entrance and ticket hall...
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Reading viaduct reaches key milestone
25 November 2013 | By Network Rail
The construction of a new 2km viaduct in Reading has reached a key milestone after the first pre-cast concrete beams were lifted into place...
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Record investment in Britain’s railways as Network Rail publishes its half-year results
21 November 2013 | By Network Rail
Network Rail published its half-year results which revealed that £2.74bn was invested...
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Battery of tests proves case for building independently-powered EMU demonstrator
21 November 2013 | By Network Rail
Months of lab testing and behind the scenes work has paved the way for work to start...
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HS2 Growth Taskforce comes to East Midlands to secure maximum boost for region’s economy
15 November 2013 | By Department for Transport
HS2 is set to play a key role in job creation, regeneration and development...
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Major investment in Manchester’s railway this Christmas
14 November 2013 | By Network Rail
“This project represents a significant investment in the railway in Manchester and in conjunction with the Northern Hub..."
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Siemens Rail Automation commissions Crewe to Shrewsbury Modular Signalling scheme
14 November 2013 | By Objective Communications
Covering 30 miles of bi-directional signalling, the project included seven level crossings...
