NETWORK Rail (NR) has commissioned Costain to develop enhanced warning technology called Meerkat to reduce the number of incidents at passive footpath and bridleway level crossings across Britain.

THE head of Britain’s Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents operators and infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR), has called for major changes to the role of the private sector in passenger rail to deliver more for customers, communities, taxpayers and the economy.

BRITAIN’s transport regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), has required infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) to take four immediate actions to improve services for passengers after an investigation found systemic failings in the company’s general management of timetable changes.

BRITISH network manager Network Rail (NR) has submitted a Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) for phase 2 of the East West Rail project between Bicester and Bedford, which includes a proposal to revive a disused section of line between Claydon Junction and Bletchley.

BRITAIN’s secretary of state for transport, Mr Chris Grayling, has confirmed electrification of the Manchester - York Trans-Pennine route will go ahead, following speculation that the government was planning to scrap the scheme.

Britain’s regulator has launched an inquiry into the major disruption to train services on the Northern and Thameslink networks following the introduction of a new timetable on May 20. David Briginshaw reports.

ELECTRIFICATION remains an “optimal solution” for the development of the busiest parts of Britain’s railway network, despite the cancellation of three key schemes last summer, according to a report by the House of Commons Transport Select Committee on rail infrastructure investment, which was published this week.

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has invited suppliers to bid for 10-year track maintenance contracts worth up to £5bn, as part of a plan to introduce three new geographically-focused alliances between NR, designers and construction suppliers.

BRITAIN’S Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has called for infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) to spend more on reliability and safety over the next five years, including an extra £1bn to replace worn-out assets.