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Video footage has captured the removal of an old railway bridge as part of Network Rail’s £170m Lee Valley Rail programme to build a new track between Stratford and Angel Road stations. Due to be completed in 2019, the project will enable two extra trains per hour and help to boost regeneration in the boroughs of Haringey and Enfield.  

The Southend Victoria line reopens tonight, (Friday 3 November) over a month ahead of schedule, following completion of the first phase of work to upgrade the overhead wiring system as part of a £46m programme to reduce delays and improve reliability on this part of the railway.

As the industry launches its plan to Partner for Britain’s Prosperity, Network Rail has awarded contracts to two Alliances ahead of future rail enhancements on the Transpennine Route between York and Manchester.

Network Rail is urging HGV drivers to stop striking railway bridges in West Yorkshire after it has been revealed that a railway bridge in Wakefield is one of the most hit in Great Britain.

Network Rail is urging HGV drivers to stop striking railway bridges in the East Midlands after it has been revealed that three of the region’s bridges are amongst the most hit in Great Britain.

Network Rail is urging HGV drivers to stop striking railway bridges in Grantham after it has been revealed that three of the town’s bridges are amongst the most hit in Great Britain.

Network Rail is reminding passengers travelling on the railway in Lincoln over the coming days to check before they travel as two different upgrade projects take place.

Work to install new track at Kelvedon, Essex was completed this weekend and will make services from Norwich to London more reliable for the millions of people that travel on the route every year.