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.
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.
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.
A significant milestone has been achieved in the East West Rail (EWR) project as a test train successfully completed the first journey on the new line from Oxford to Milton Keynes on 21 October.
Network Rail is procuring for a £226M framework for contractors to conduct new property construction and renovation and refurbishment services of its existing properties across its regions.
Companies in any competitive market are naturally reluctant to turn down work, but that is something that Bam UK & Ireland chief operating officer John Wilkinson tells us is now a necessary part of good business strategy.
Work on the £161M Oxford station upgrade will see the boring of trial holes on Botley Road as the “complex” rerouting of mains continues to stall works and leave the crucial city artery blocked.
The effects of Storm Ashley have been seen on transport routes across the UK, while a section of the Thames Path collapsed, affecting mariners.
In August, NCE reported that, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), the rate of high-consequence earthworks failures is at its highest since measurements began in 2008.
Network Rail underspent by £99M and failed to complete 72 projects in its programme to make stations more accessible during Control Period 6 (CP6), 2019 to 2024.
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