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• Two-year IT transformation project involving Network Rail and partners

• One of Europe’s largest enterprise resource planning software migrations

• Savings of £2m on overhead costs alone

As the cold mornings draw in and the leaves start to brown, Network Rail is busily preparing its 61 leaf-busting trains to keep passengers moving safely over autumn.

Passengers are set to benefit from a railway that can better cope with extreme weather and increased demand after Network Rail pledged millions of pounds to work with universities to boost research and development. 

Network Rail and Hack Partners, the company behind the HackTrain initiative, have launched a new post-hackathon fund designed to accelerate the development of innovative ideas to improve rail services for passengers.

Network Rail’s regional directors have each confirmed a series of appointments to their senior management teams as the company’s 14 new routes go live today (Monday 16 September).

Network Rail has awarded major contracts to both Altran and AECOM to support the delivery of work within its Safety, Technical and Engineering (STE) Strategic Plan over Control Period 6 (2019-2024).

Network Rail is reminding the public of the dangers posed by trespassing on the railway after a man who climbed on top of a tunnel overlooking railway lines near St. Pancras International station, blocking trains between London, Kent and France, was jailed.

Network Rail has become a national partner for the “If you were an engineer, what would you do?” competition to help encourage students from schools across the UK to become the engineering professionals of the future.