High Speed 1 (HS1) and Network Rail High Speed have proven that rail operations can be made more efficient and costs driven down using an artificial intelligence (AI) digital twin.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has requested Network Rail provide it with a renewed performance improvement plan for its Eastern region, which the regulator stated is suffering from rising numbers of delays.
Network Rail has been given the green light to transform over 12ha of brownfield land in east London into a significant rail freight and logistics hub.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued “urgent” safety advice about maintaining bridges with longitudinal timber systems following the derailment of a freight train in Manchester last month.
Next week, one of the most pivotal and closely-scrutinised Budgets will be delivered. Central to the Chancellor’s thinking will be how to stimulate economic growth – key to the mission-led approach the government are pursuing. As business leaders, we agree that growth must be one of the key priorities for…
As new infrastructure ages, those who maintain it can learn lessons from historic assets. For conventional and high-speed rail, the same is true in reverse.
The Midland Main Line (MML) should be electrified to bring environmental and economic benefits, including 4,300 jobs, according to MPs and businesses.
Contractor EKFB (Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial, Bam) has begun work on the 515m long Edgcote viaduct being built for High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) route through west Northamptonshire.
A disused railway line in the west of Ireland is being brought back to life as a first step in Iarnród Éireann’s (Irish Rail’s) strategy to encourage a switch of freight from road to rail.
One person was killed and a number taken to hospital after a “low-speed collision” between two trains on the Cambrian line in mid-Wales on the evening of 21 October, Network Rail and Transport for Wales have confirmed.
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