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Euston eateries to open this May
New food and beverage units at Euston, London’s fourth busiest railway station, will start to open from May 2015, with construction well underway on a £12.5 million project to create more space and offer more choice for passengers and the local community.
Network Rail and Freedom of Information
From tomorrow (24 March) Network Rail will be subject to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and anyone will have the legal right to ask the company for information related to its public services and receive a reply within 20 working days.
Network Rail deploys 14,000 strong army over Easter to improve the railway
Hundreds of thousands of passengers and freight users will experience long term benefits from over £100m of investment in improving Britain’s rail network over the Easter period. However, in making these improvements, some lines will see disruption over the Easter holiday and passengers are advised to check before they travel using www.nationalrail.co.uk/easter
Network Rail celebrates 10 years of its Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme
Apprentices are important for the future of the railway and will stem skills shortage, say Network Rail employees
Transparency update – February 2015
Network Rail has today published new and updated information on its online transparency portal, including spend on procurement, staff salaries breakdown, and a list of suppliers. It has also published a series of infographics detailing the investment during 2013/14 on areas such as track and bridge renewals, telecoms units and level crossings.
High output team grows with new £50m ballast cleaner and 500 new Network Rail staff
Network Rail is expanding its world-leading track renewal programme by purchasing a new £50m ballast cleaner and welcoming more than 500 employees, previously contractors, into the company. The move represents part of Network Rail’s commitment to minimise passenger disruption, reduce the cost of running the railway by 20 per cent over the next five years, and improve sustainability.
Network Rail announces significant investment in its contingent labour workforce
Network Rail will be awarding a series of contracts with contingent labour suppliers to provide workers across the network with a total minimum spend of £450m over five years.
Boost for Britain’s rail industry as Network Rail Consulting helps secure major Middle East contract
Network Rail Consulting, as part of a British consortium, today announces that the consortium has been appointed by the Saudi Railway Company (SAR) to be its partner, providing management and technical support for infrastructure, freight and passenger operations on one of its rail projects, the North South Railway (NSR). The contract which was signed today 23 February 2015 has a total value to the Consortium of £120m over 5 years.
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