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August 19, 2020 | Main line

Flooding closes Edinburgh - Glasgow main line

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has reported that a 300m section of track on the Glasgow - Edinburgh main line could take up to two months to fully reinstate following damage caused by severe weather.

August 17, 2020 | Europe

RAIB confirms landslip caused Stonehaven derailment

BRITAIN’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has confirmed that the 06.38 southbound service from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street, which derailed near Stonehaven on August 12, did so following a collision with a landslip.

August 13, 2020 | Infrastructure

Network Rail pledges immediate action following fatal Stonehaven derailment

DOZENS of sites across Britain with higher-risk trackside slopes are to be inspected following the fatal derailment of a ScotRail service near Stonehaven on August 12 in which three people died and six were injured.

August 7, 2020 | Technology

Network Rail awards electrification design contract to Atkins

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded a 10-month contract to engineering firm Atkins, for the development of new overhead electrification (OHE) design rules, with the intention of reducing the cost of future electrification projects.

August 6, 2020 | Infrastructure

Edinburgh Waverley upgrade plans revealed

EDINBURGH Waverley station could undergo radical changes to significantly increase passenger capacity under proposed plans unveiled by British infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR).

June 10, 2020 | Infrastructure

Aluminium contact wire used to complete Severn tunnel electrification

ALUMINIUM contact wires were installed through the Severn Tunnel to combat the corrosion that delayed the project by three years, the first time the system has been used in Britain, infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has revealed.

June 5, 2020 | Main line

Network Rail completes Great Western electrification

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has successfully electrified the Severn Tunnel, completing the truncated Great Western electrification programme and enabling direct London Paddington - Cardiff Central electric services to operate for the first time.

June 4, 2020 | Infrastructure

Network Rail tasks Fugro for west of England survey

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has awarded Fugro a contract to use the supplier’s Rila system to conduct a survey of 1600km of infrastructure in the west of England. The data will provide asset and track position information to support a gauging and track validation programme.

May 4, 2020 | Infrastructure

Britain’s East-West Rail project makes progress

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager, Network Rail (NR) has started to remove sections of a 1960s viaduct at Bletchley for the East-West Rail project.

April 2, 2020 | Europe

Network Rail to speed up supplier payments

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail is set to make immediate payments to suppliers to help boost their cashflow during the coronavirus crisis.

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