Wales & Western news
£150M DELIVERS A NEW RAIL ERA FOR SOUTH WALES
- Biggest investment and improvement work in the Severn Tunnel Junction area in this generation.
- Rail bottleneck at Severn Tunnel Junction untangled and a disused platform brought back to passenger use.
- State-of-the-art signalling technology adopted for the first time in Wales, creating jobs for the region.
WALES TO BENEFIT FROM NATIONWIDE £3.5BN STATION INVESTMENT
- £3.25bn to be invested nationwide over next five years
- Passengers to have their say
- 120+ stations in Wales to be improved
NETWORK RAIL GIVES SUPPORT TO BUILD FOOTBRIDGE AT WAREHAM
Network Rail presented the option to build a brand new footbridge, complete with ramps, at a public meeting in Wareham last night.
The company has offered to support Dorset County Council by funding part of the cost of installing a footbridge.
FINAL ELECTRIFICATION STUDY CONFIRMS BUSINESS CASE FOR GREAT WESTERN MAIN LINE
A plan to expand the electrified network that would increase capacity, improve journeys while reducing costs and carbon emissions was unveiled today in a year-long study published by Network Rail.
The final electrification route utilisation strategy also confirms the business case for electrifying the Great Western main line, backing government’s funding decision that was announced in July.
VICTORIAN SHAFTS AT SAPPERTON GET STRENGTHENED
A £2m improvement scheme is set to improve the four deep shafts in the century-old Sapperton rail tunnel.
READING RAILWAY UPGRADE GIVES FIREFIGHTERS SPACE TO TRAIN
Reading firefighters got the chance to hone their skills this week as Network Rail gave them a vacant building to use for training purposes.
GRADUATE NUMBERS DOUBLE AT NETWORK RAIL (READING)
More than 220 graduates have joined the Network Rail team this autumn – twice as many as last year – as the company hires the talent needed to deliver a bigger and better railway.
Among these young guns, five will be joining the Reading office to help grow and operate a safe and reliable railway across the western route. Some of them will also be working on developing the Reading railway re-modelling scheme.
GRADUATE NUMBERS DOUBLE AT NETWORK RAIL (SWINDON)
More than 220 graduates have joined the Network Rail team this autumn – twice as many as last year – as the company hires the talent needed to deliver a bigger and better railway.
Among these young guns, eight will be joining the Swindon office to help grow and operate a safe and reliable railway across the western route.
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