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Network Rail announces £750m contract awards to deliver signalling nationwide
Network Rail has announced the award of six multi-million-pound framework contracts to deliver signalling and telecoms across the country, worth an estimated £750m for Control Period 6 (2019-2024).
Passengers urged to check before they travel this May
- Railway open for ‘business as usual’ over both May bank holiday weekends (4 – 6 and 25 – 27 May) as majority of the network is unaffected
- London Euston station and sections of the West Coast Main Line between London and Glasgow will be closed on 4 – 6 May
Passengers reminded to plan their Easter rail getaways
- Railway open for ‘business as usual’ as majority of the network is unaffected by upgrade work with the quietest engineering programme for many years
Peeing for free is no April Fool’s joke for millions of passengers
It’s no joke – and certainly not an April Fool’s joke - as Network Rail today (1 April 2019) made the last of the country’s biggest and busiest station toilets ‘free to pee’.
Rail industry comes together to support Samaritans
The rail industry has today announced the five-year Million Hour Challenge, which aims to encourage staff to donate their time, energy and skills to help the Samaritans in their work supporting people in emotional crisis.
Network Rail announces preferred bidders for final £1.5bn track work contracts
Network Rail has announced the final preferred bidder for delivery of track upgrade works for the next decade in Central England. It includes track, points, and associated overhead lines and signalling, and is worth an estimated £1.5bn over 10 years.
Passengers urged to plan their rail journeys ahead this Easter
- More than £100m to be invested in Britain’s rail network this Easter
- Railway open for ‘business as usual’ as majority of the network is unaffected by upgrade work with the quietest engineering programme for many years
Red tape slashed for investors and builders as Britain’s railways open for business
- To encourage investment from the private sector and other organisations, Network Rail has implemented new initiatives to make it easier and more commercially attractive
- Sweeping reforms investors and builders will benefit from include; new service level commitments, customer satisfaction surveys, clarity about the risks involved, and revised standards to reduce both complexity and cost, and to encourage innovation
- Other changes include publishing a list of opportunities for third parties to invest in, recruiting business development teams, allowing other organisations to compete for work Network Rail would traditionally deliver, and implementing a national framework providing consistency for teams working by the railway
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