Buses will replace trains between Machynlleth and Pwllheli for 13 weeks, as contractor Alun Griffiths will undertake the final phase of restoration work on the Barmouth Viaduct for Network Rail in North Wales.
The 154 year old, 820m long single track railway viaduct is the UK’s oldest and longest timber viaduct.…
Before the return of Parliament and new work ramping up, organisations including Buro Happold, Kier, Network Rail, the UK Atomic Energy Authority and more have made significant appointments.
A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during August follows below. To feature on next month’s appointments roundup email robert.hakimian@emap.com. Buro…
Network Rail is gearing up for a big August bank holiday weekend of engineering works as it will invest £71M on more than 500 projects aimed at enhancing the UK’s railway network.
Although the rail infrastructure body claims 95% of lines will still be open from tomorrow, Saturday 26 August to…
Network Rail has confirmed that its £78M project to electrify the railway between Bolton and Wigan has been paused due to contractor Buckingham Group entering administration.
Buckingham Group announced on 17 August that it is no longer able to continue trading due to “rapidly escalating contract losses and a sharp reduction…
Murphy has successfully replaced a faulty Victorian drainage culvert that was causing disruption to the Chiltern branch line in Buckinghamshire before track work to prepare for High Speed 2 (HS2) trains begins.
Working on behalf of Network Rail, Murphy engineers completely dug up the railway by Aylesbury station in order to…
Network Rail will face criminal action at the High Court in Aberdeen on 7 September for its failures leading to the fatal derailment of a train at Carmont in 2020.
The derailment of a train at Carmont, near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire on 12 August 2020 saw three people fatally killed. The…
Track work that was due to be conducted this week near Stroud train station in Gloucestershire has been delayed by Network Rail due to the discovery of dormice in the area.
The works were part of a programme to conduct essential maintenance to the railway near Kemble train station, which is…
An accelerated schedule has been implemented to enable the safe removal of a Victorian brick arch at the site of the £161M Oxford station and railway upgrade.
Network Rail has planned a 24/7 work schedule at the site from 2 September and, since the start of this week, its team has…
Fife Council is set to consider a planning application from Network Rail to build a footbridge between between Kirkland and Mountfleurie over the under construction £116M Levenmouth Rail Link in Scotland.
The bridge will provide a safe crossing over the restored railway line which will reconnect Levenmouth to the rail network…
A 55-year-old rail bridge over the M62 in Rochdale will be demolished and rebuilt under plans submitted to the local council by Network Rail.
Referred to as bridge 48A, but known as Castleton Bridge, it carries the Calder Valley line, which runs from Manchester, passing Rochdale and Hebden Bridge onto Bradford…
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