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10-year deal for Britain’s biggest rail electrification programme
14 January 2013 | By Network Rail
Network Rail have awarded EDF Energy a ten-year deal to supply low carbon electricity to power Britain's growing electrified railway...
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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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Swindon to Kemble railway enhancement project begins
11 January 2013 | By Network Rail
Work has begun on a £45m project to upgrade the railway route & infrastructure between Swindon & Gloucester...
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Network Rail sets out response to challenges of Britain’s growing railway
8 January 2013 | By Network Rail
Network Rail committed to continuing the biggest investment in infrastructure since the Victorian era...
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Alstom-Balfour Beatty joint venture wins contracts worth €43m to renew signalling across the UK
19 December 2012 | By Alstom
Alstom and Balfour Beatty joint venture SSL has been awarded a number of contracts...
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Capacity, efficiency, safety – ATOC and Network Rail back 30-year Railway Technical Strategy
14 December 2012 | By ATOC
New technology that could boost the capacity of the network...
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BAM Nuttall awarded £220m Borders Railway construction contract
13 December 2012 | By Network Rail
Network Rail has appointed BAM Nuttall as main contractor for the delivery of the new Borders Railway....
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New all-electric Paisley Canal line
10 December 2012 | By Network Rail
A fully electrified service is now running on the Paisley Canal line following a £12m upgrade of the route...
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Network Rail awards contracts for key Crossrail works in West London
5 December 2012 | By Network Rail
Network Rail has awarded two contracts for works in West London...
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Invensys Rail awarded Bowesfield re-control contract by Network Rail
4 December 2012 | By Issued on behalf of Invensys Rail by Objective Communications
Invensys Rail has been awarded a contract by Network Rail for the Bowesfield re-control project...
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£9m plans for Putney station
29 November 2012 | By Network Rail
Putney station is to be transformed thanks to a £9m improvement programme due to start in January 2013...
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£100m investment signals new start for Nottingham
29 November 2012 | By Martin Frobisher, Route Managing Director, Network Rail
It is not often in the life of a Route Managing Director that you get to install a whole new track layout through a major station, but between September 2012 and December 2013, Nottingham’s railway station will be rebuilt complete with a new £100 million track layout and resignalling scheme.…
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Driving infrastructure value through collaboration
29 November 2012 | By Jeremy Candfield, Director General, Railway Industry Association (RIA); Steve Featherstone, Track Programme Director, Network Rail and David McLoughlin, Finance and Commercial Director, Infrastructure Projects, Network Rail
The railway industry in Britain continues to be characterised by substantial growth in ridership and in major investment programmes. Infrastructure investment in the mainline railway is undertaken predominantly by two main parties working together: the infrastructure manager, Network Rail, as clients, and its extensive supply chain. More than 170 supply…
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Improvements at three level crossings in Morecombe
26 November 2012 | By Network Rail
Bare Lane, Hest Bank and Bolton-le-Sands level crossings all have brand new barriers and motors...
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Stansted Airport launches manifesto calling for better and faster rail links
23 November 2012 | By BAA
Stansted Airport launched its rail vision which outlines that new faster and reliable rail links...
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Horsham station gets a facelift
22 November 2012 | By Network Rail
Over £4m has been spent at Horsham station and passengers are now benefiting from a range of improvements...
