Upgrades underway on South Wales’ Core Valley Lines will improve capacity and deliver decarbonisation.
Switching people’s travel preference from car use to public transport and active travel is key to achieving net zero, according to Transport for Wales (TfW). TfW chief executive James Price highlights the need to switch in…
An upgrade to the East Coast Main Line, re-opening the Leamside Line and extending the Tyne and Wear Metro are among plans included in the first North East Rail and Metro Strategy.
The strategy – developed by Transport North East and Nexus (the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive) on behalf…
Systra has been awarded a £2m design contract for the Ebbw Vale Frequency Enhancement (EVFE) project in Wales, which will deliver additional services on the Ebbw Vale line through the re-instatement of old-twin track.
Systra’s work will be concentrated on the delivery of a 11km loop reinstating the old twin-track from…
More than 600 projects were undertaken on the UK rail network over the four day Easter weekend including two bridge pushes to upgrade an underpass below the Chiltern main line at Bicester.
The £12.3M scheme involved moving two precast concrete underpasses, weighing up to 1,600t, into position below the rail line…
Engineering work was carried out across the UK rail network at the weekend in a bid to complete planned projects ahead of the predicted return of many workers to offices this month as pandemic restrictions continue to be lifted.
Network Rail has said that it completed £105M of investment across 520…
A section of the East Lancashire rail line has closed for essential works to two bridges, and will remain closed for nine days.
Network Rail will replace the Oswaldtwistle bridge near Accrington, while the Rose Grove bridge in Burnley also needs strengthening. The work, costed at £3.95M, is being done as…
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