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Network Rail own, operate and develop Britain’s railway infrastructure; that’s 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations. Network Rail also runs 20 of Britain’s largest stations. Here follows our content related to Network Rail.
9 February 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail has announced the appointment of Jeremy Westlake as its new chief financial officer.
2 February 2016 | By Steve Featherstone, Programme Director for Track, Network Rail
Accuracy, quality and speed; how Network Rail are using ‘high speed handbacks’ to reduce delays and save the British tax-payer money
26 January 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
A new £40 million railway cleaning facility has opened in Cricklewood, north London, as part of the government-sponsored Thameslink Programme.
14 January 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
With temperatures expected to drop over the coming days and snow predicted in some parts of the UK, Network Rail prepares its orange army and winter fleet to reduce any resulting delays.
12 January 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
New railway engineering techniques were applied by Network Rail over the 2015 Christmas period helping to reduce delays and save money.
4 January 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
An invitation to tender has been issued by Network Rail for the £112 million transformation of Glasgow Queen Street station.
24 December 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
A new report commissioned by the TUC has suggested privatising Network Rail could be bad for passenger safety and lead to higher fares.
16 December 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
A test train has for the first time operated under control of the ETCS (European Train Control System) marking six years of development work by the Thameslink Programme.
14 December 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
A programme designed to fit more than 60 open level crossings with barriers is now complete, improving safety and reducing the risk of a road vehicle collision with a train.
9 December 2015 | By Jerry England, Group Digital Railway Director at Network Rail
Jerry England is Group Digital Railway Director at Network Rail where he leads the rail industry programme seeking to accelerate the digital enablement of rail transport. Here he explains that to modernise the UK’s railway network, creating a national strategy for digital capacity is needed which will lead to more…
9 December 2015 | By Craig Mathys, Programme Manager at Network Rail
Over the next five years, Network Rail will spend and invest £38 billion as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan to deliver better, faster, greener services, and improved punctuality, reliability and safety, while simultaneously keeping the railway open to enable four and a half million journeys to take place, every…
7 December 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail has awarded a contract for the design and construction of the East West Rail Phase 2 scheme to a joint alliance comprising of Atkins, Laing O’Rourke and VolkerRail.
30 November 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Work to construct a new section of railway carrying the UK’s first tram-trains has been given approval by the Department for Transport.
25 November 2015 | By Kate Douetil
Network Rail is to spend £14.7m on the refurbishment of Carlisle station.
13 November 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Rugby Rail Operating Centre (ROC) officially opened on 11 November 2015 becoming one of twelve new centres that will eventually replace more than 800 signal boxes.
