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December 4, 2018 | Commuter Rail

Thameslink operator sanctioned for timetable chaos

BRITAIN’s Department for Transport (DfT) has cut Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR) franchise profits and instructed it to make £15m of passenger improvements for its role in the huge disruption to services following the introduction of a new timetable in May, which sought to introduce a large number of new services on the cross-London Thameslink network.

November 29, 2018 | Infrastructure

ORR orders Network Rail to improve performance

THE Office of Rail and Road (ORR) issued a provisional order against Network Rail (NR) on November 29 requiring Britain’s infrastructure manager to improve its capability to deliver better performance.

November 21, 2018 | Signalling

Network Rail seeks East Coast Main Line ETCS partner

NETWORK Rail (NR) announced on November 21 that it is seeking a private sector partner to develop and install ETCS on a 160km section of the East Coast Main Line (ECML) between London King’s Cross and just south of Grantham.

November 6, 2018 | Infrastructure

Network Rail to test overhead line monitoring technology

NETWORK Rail (NR) has awarded ESG Rail and DB Systemtechnik (DBST) a contract to supply overhead line monitoring technology to enhance the existing monitoring fleet. As part of this contract, passenger vehicles will also be used to monitor the network during normal revenue operation.

October 31, 2018 | Infrastructure

Network Rail to reinforce Dawlish sea wall

NETWORK Rail (NR) has announced that coastal, tunnel, cliff and railway engineers will undertake repairs to reinforce the London - Penzance main line connecting the southwest of England to the rest of the country.

October 29, 2018 | Financial

Network Rail asks EC to intervene over Siemens-Alstom merger

CHIEF executive of infrastructure manager Network Rail, Mr Andrew Haines, has reportedly written to European Union (EU) competition commissioner, Ms Margrethe Vestager, asking the European Commission (EC) to intervene in the proposed merger between Siemens Mobility and Alstom, saying that the deal “stands to do great harm to the railways in Great Britain.”

October 15, 2018 | Infrastructure

Network Rail to increase loading gauge on Doncaster - Immingham Line

NETWORK Rail (NR) has begun work to increase the loading gauge on the line linking the East Coast Main Line at Doncaster with the port of Immingham to allow high-cube shipping containers to run on standard height wagons.

September 19, 2018 | Track

Network Rail signs contract extension with British Steel

IRJ at InnoTrans 2018: Network Rail (NR) has granted British Steel a two-year extension to its five-year supply contract, which was due to finish in March next year.

September 13, 2018 | Main line

DfT, Stagecoach and Virgin blamed for East Coast franchise failure

OVEROPTIMISTIC revenue projections were to blame for the failure of Britain’s Intercity East Coast (ICEC) franchise, according to a report published on September 12 by the Transport Select Committee, which lays the blame for the default squarely with franchisees Stagecoach and Virgin and the Department for Transport (DfT).

September 6, 2018 | Europe

Network Rail using 3D scanner for structural gauging

NETWORK Rail (NR) Scotland has begun utilising a track-based three-dimensional scanner for the first time to precisely model infrastructure ahead of the arrival of new trains onto the network.

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