Latest Rail News

Network Rail engineers are assessing the railway at Frodingham near Scunthorpe after a suspected landslip caused trees to fall onto the line on 1 May.

A natural spring flowing at 1,500 gallons a minute directly beneath railway tracks at Caldercruix, Scotland was the cause of a significant ground collapse, Network Rail has confirmed.

The transition from Network Rail to the new Great British Railways (GBR) must instil a culture change to avoid simply reinventing the existing organisation, according to its chief executive.

The government is working to support the creation of an updated business case for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

Cowi has signed a contract with Network Rail to design tunnelling works to three Victorian era tunnels as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).

Network Rail contractor AmcoGiffen has opened a new footbridge over the Midland Main Line (MML) in Leicestershire as part of the ongoing electrification of the route.

Network Rail revolutionised the way it approaches water management on the rail network in the wake of the fatal 2020 Carmont derailment, according to the rail operator’s head of drainage.

The Labour Party has detailed its plans for the UK’s railway network including renationalisation, implementation of a whole-system approach and empowering “rail professionals and experts”, if it comes into power following the next General Election.

High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd has released images of the first completed sections of the viaduct that will carry high-speed services into Birmingham Curzon Street station, being constructed by BBV (Balfour Beatty Vinci JV).

High Speed 2 (HS2) engineers used a push-pull jacking technique has been used to move a 158m long, 1,100t viaduct into place over M42 and M6 link roads in North Warwickshire.