Latest Rail News

Bridge strikes, including vehicle collisions, on Network Rail’s estate have fallen by 20% from 1,937 in 2018/2019 to 1,518 in 2023/2024.

Network Rail is to begin upgrading existing overhead lines just south of Bedford this weekend as part of the £1.2bn Midland Main Line Upgrade. 

Network Rail is to complete the second phase of its M62 Castleton bridge replacement this weekend.

HS2 has revealed a series of improvements to the design for Birmingham Curzon Street station, including additional cycle parking, better accessibility, rain gardens with seating, and a more passenger-friendly layout.

A report commissioned by the mayors of Greater Manchester and the West Midlands, and created by Arup, has called on the government to commit to a Midlands-North West Rail Link (MNWRL) in place of the cancelled High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2b.

Civil engineering and related industries have welcomed the election of new select committee chairs at the start of the new parliament.

Network Rail is undertaking repair work on the 180-year-old Ouse Valley Viaduct in Sussex to help maintain the “iconic and critical railway structure”.

High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd cannot guarantee there will be level boarding for conventional rail and Elizabeth line services at its £1.67bn Old Oak Common station in west London, which accessibility campaigners have deemed “scandalous”.

Architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has revealed that it is putting together revised plans for the redevelopment of Liverpool Street station will be “substantially different” to the controversial scheme previously submitted.

Construction of the new £18.3M Balgray station in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland has been given the green light.