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Network Rail has begun a project to replace 7km of railway track running through the Severn Tunnel that will see the route closed for over two weeks.

An eight-day closure of the Kingsferry Bridge between the mainland and the Isle of Sheppey commences tonight as engineers replace the next batch of steel ropes in the lifting mechnaism.

The fundamental principles that underpin good bridge design practice may not have changed in thousands of years, but the bridges themselves have. Their uses, structural materials and scale have all expanded and so have the many specialisms involved in delivering them. What has not changed is the end result. Bridges…

Network Rail’s southern region, which includes the Kent, Sussex and Wessex routes as well as Network Rail High Speed, experienced the largest number of land movements of all the network’s regions in 2023-2024.

Aquaspira, contracted by Balfour Beatty, provided a 26m long low-carbon culvert extension for Network Rail on an embankment at Hook in Hampshire.

No trains will run between Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly for seven weeks later this summer while Network Rail builds a wall to stop 50,000t of earth moving from beneath the track.

Increasing the amount of freight that travels by rail can benefit the environment and the economy. But it can often be an overlooked area of policy, according to Rail Freight Group (RFG) director general Maggie Simpson.

Nine construction firms and consultancies have been in named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 celebrating companies that are making gender equality a priority in their business.

A bridge replacement project in Greater Manchester could form the template for future remediation of Network Rail’s ‘at risk’ post-tensioned bridges.

Construction of the prototype fully accessible AVA modular footbridge, which has the potential to disrupt the way rail footbridges are designed and delivered, has completed.