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Network Rail’s £4bn train control systems framework to revolutionise signalling across Britain
From Carlisle to Brighton, Network Rail’s £4bn, 10-year signalling plan will change the face of Britain’s railway, with modern equipment bringing greater reliability across the country through a mixture of traditional signalling and digital control.
£45bn rail improvement plan puts climate change firmly in its sights
Network Rail today announced the start of its five-year, £45.4bn* rail improvement plan aimed at delivering a simpler, better, greener railway that provides the best level of train performance possible and that’s more geared-up than ever before to cope with the extremes of climate change.
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Network Rail delivers £1.3m package of platform works in Glasgow and East Renfrewshire
Network Rail has delivered a £1.3 million investment of platform works at Giffnock and Pollokshaws West stations.
Changes to dates for Kingsferry Bridge summer closures
Network Rail’s planned repairs to Kingsferry Bridge this summer have been rescheduled to avoid a clash with school exams taking place in mid-June and a bike ride involving thousands of cyclists that is set to cross the bridge on Saturday 22 June.
Rail customers in South London, Sussex and Kent are urged to plan ahead of the Early May Bank Holiday as Network Rail gets set to undertake essential planned engineering work.
Two weeks today there will be a number of planned upgrades and routine maintenance to the railway and any customers intending to travel by train over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend are urged to plan ahead.
TWO WEEKS TO GO: Rail customers travelling between Basingstoke, Southampton and Fareham should plan ahead this Early May Bank Holiday weekend as Network Rail carries out vital improvement work
From Saturday 4 to Monday 6 May customers are being reminded to check before travelling as buses replace trains across part of Network Rail’s Wessex route.
Community invited to drop-in events ahead of Levenmouth rail link opening
Network Rail is inviting people to attend three community drop-in events ahead of the opening of the Levenmouth rail link.
Vital upgrades to the railway in Lincolnshire and Humberside to result in changes to train services in April
Network Rail teams will be working overnight across a weekend in April to carry out essential engineering work to the railway in Lincolnshire and Humberside.
Significant progress made in recovery after train derailment in Grange-over-Sands.
Network Rail engineers have successfully repaired the embankment as part of a complex operation to recover the railway after a train derailed in Grange-over-Sands on Friday 22 March 2024.
Vital bridge replacement means no trains on Liverpool Street – Chingford line for 16 consecutive days this summer
Trains will not be able to run for 16 straight days while Network Rail delivers a critical stage of a bridge replacement project between Saturday 20 July and Sunday 4 August.