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The annual electricity bill for Network Rail’s operations, including to power trains, has more than doubled in the last two years from £379M in 2021/2022 to £885M in 2023/2024.

Engineers are set to undertake an intensive round-the-clock schedule for 16 weeks from January 2025 as part of the £140M project to electrify and upgrade the railway between East Kilbride and Glasgow.

Network Rail and VolkerFitzpatrick have successfully completed the installation of 800 soil nails up to 25m long for landslide prevention at the Fareham cutting site in south east Hampshire.

The Department for Transport (DfT) spent £43M on Restoring Your Railway projects that face an uncertain future following chancellor Rachel Reeves’ cancellation of the programme, NCE can reveal.

Network Rail has announced a new redevelopment initiative for London Liverpool Street, following the backlash to the original plans put forward in May 2023.

Network Rail has successfully completed four significant infrastructure projects across the Isle of Sheppey, south London and the rural regions of Kent and East Sussex.

With the Autumn Budget and some big infrastructure announcements in October, the industry is gearing up for a busy winter period with some big appointments.

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.