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UPDATED: Freightliner to withdraw entire electric fleet

Freightliner has confirmed that it will be withdrawing its entire fleet of electric locomotives in response to soaring electricity prices.

Bridge renewal at Aberdovey

Network Rail is renewing Pant Eidal underbridge, near Aberdovey, as part of its required maintenance schedule. 

RAIB recommends competency framework after Rowlands Castle near miss

Network Rail Mobile Operations Manager (MOM) involved had not arranged protection from train movements before going on the track.

Easier to export products overseas

Weekday blockade indicates change in industry outlook

Network Rail is shifting a major engineering blockade to account for changing travel patterns since the pandemic.

Williams-Shapps: industry seeks certainty and action

The team charged with establishing the new Great British Railways is submitting advice to Government before the summer recess

Anglian track and crossings renewed

Network Rail says it has renewed 36 miles of track and 20 level crossings across its Anglia region over the past 12 months, to improve reliability.

Wires to Swansea a priority for new Board

Reactivating the abandoned electrification scheme between Cardiff and Swansea has been identified as a priority

Network Rail introduces first plastic sleepers

Network Rail has installed the first plastic sleepers on its main lines, ahead of a ban on creosote use coming into effect.

NR engineers raise Machynlleth bridge

Black Bridge across the River Dulas near Machynlleth now stands one metre higher after being manually raised using lifting blocks

NR reports rail freight resurgence

In the Eastern Region, there were 4,839 freight movements in April 2021 compared with 4,760 in April last year.

Beams in place at Bletchley flyover

Network Rail used a West Coast Main Line blockade over the early May Bank Holi-day to lift 103 concrete beams into place for a new flyover at Bletchley.

Haines: It’s time for radical change

New public body Great British Railways (GBR) will not just be a reincarnation of Network Rail.

Recovery Group lays out plans for government rail funding cuts

Network Rail, train operating companies and unions have agreed to undertake “meaningful discussions” over how emergency government funding can be reduced.

Inverness Airport station ready for take-off

The path has been cleared for the new £14 million station to serve Inverness Airport.

ORR raises concerns over NR risk funding in Scotland

The latest annual report on Network Rail’s progress in delivering the five-year plan, the regulator says the plans are “broadly on track”

NR reiterates level crossing safety message

Network Rail has released a new video warning people to always stop, look and listen at level crossings.

EXCLUSIVE: Rail industry pays a heavy price for productivity problems

Nearly half the money spent on rail infrastructure is used inefficiently, claims National Skills Academy for Rail (NSAR) Chief Executive Neil Robertson.

Rail staff encouraged to join the Million Hour Challenge

“I’ve seen and felt the impact of suicide on a personal level and understand the importance of the work the Samaritans does," - Ian Prosser CBE

Daily passenger trains to return to Okehampton this year

Great Western Railway to run a daily tExeter Central-Okehampton service from later this year with an initial two-hourly frequency