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Network Rail sets out five-year plan for the South East’s rail network
A £3.5bn plan to operate, maintain and renew the South East’s congested rail network over the next five years has been published today by infrastructure owner and operator, Network Rail.
Network Rail to undertake tender exercise to appoint new legal panel from 1 April 2019
The infrastructure company, which owns, manages and develops Britain’s railway, currently uses a panel of four full-service law firms and a couple of specialist firms across its national portfolio of work. The legal team of 26 lawyers, led by group general counsel, Stuart Kelly, will be running a procurement exercise for the new panel which will begin in April 2019.
Network Rail reveals significant investment, more services and fewer delays in its five-year plan
- Continued significant investment in five-year period from 2019 with record expenditure of up to £47bn
- Big increase (25%) in funding to reduce delays and improve infrastructure reliability
- Around 1,000 extra services per day by 2021
- The plan ushers in the railway’s digital age
En Vogue – fashion and luxury brands set to open at London Bridge
- Ted Baker, Mac, Cath Kidston, Hamleys, Rituals, and The Body Shop all to open soon
- New retail offer forms part of £1billion redevelopment of the station
- London Bridge will have more retail units than any other Network Rail station
Love is in the air at London Paddington
A special Valentine’s Day event will take place at Paddington station on Wednesday, 14 February to celebrate improvements to Brunel’s iconic station, as well as the £7.5bn route modernisation that will transform journeys across the West, and provide thousands more seats to and from London Paddington.
Flood-prone pond fixed and made safe at South Lakes station
A notorious flooding hotspot at Oxenholme station has been removed, thanks to the Great North Rail Project.
Shotts line closure gives platform for key electrification work
Livingston South station will undergo a £3.5m transformation when the Edinburgh Waverley-Glasgow Central line closes for 10 days this Easter as part of a £160m project to electrify the route.
Network Rail makes a splash with free drinking water at stations
- Network Rail to trial drinking water facilities at London Charing Cross
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