Network Rail - Articles and news items

Two new platforms and 700 extra trains for London Blackfriars station

Rail industry news / 18 May 2012 /

Work to rebuild Blackfriars station comes a step closer to completion this weekend as the station’s final two new platforms open for use. (more…)

HS1 Ltd and Network Rail agree new deal

Rail industry news / 25 April 2012 /

HS1 Ltd, the owners of the UK’s first and only high speed railway, and Network Rail have signed a new deal, extending Network Rail’s contract to operate and maintain High Speed 1 until at least 2025.

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Murphy and Siemens join forces for Rail Electrification

Rail industry news / 16 April 2012 /

J. Murphy & Sons Limited and Siemens Smart Grid, Rail Electrification, have secured the North West Electrification Phase 1 Traction Power Supply contract with Network Rail, worth over £5 million.

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Rail investment signals start of revamp on Great Western

Rail industry news / 4 April 2012 /

The largest-ever scheme to modernise the 1960s signalling infrastructure on the Great Western main line has started.

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Network Rail starts work for Heathrow Crossrail services

Rail industry news / 4 April 2012 /

Work has begun on the Stockley Interchange in west London, a crucial part of the Crossrail network that will allow Crossrail services to operate to and from Heathrow.

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Network Rail reforms set new standards for working with industry

Rail industry news / 3 April 2012 /

Network Rail has become the first company in the rail industry – and only the thirteenth nationwide – to achieve BS11000, the new British Standard for collaborative working. The success comes in the midst of a programme of wide-ranging reforms to the company’s infrastructure business, which place greater focus on partnership with suppliers and will see a restructuring of the way the company delivers capital projects worth around £4bn a year.

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All change at London Bridge

Rail industry news / 30 March 2012 /

Network Rail’s proposal for a major redevelopment of London Bridge station has been awarded formal planning consent.

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Network Rail awards European Train Control System framework agreements

Rail industry news / 27 March 2012 /

Network Rail has announced framework agreements with four suppliers for the development and design of a new, European-standard signalling system for Britain’s railways. The successful suppliers are Signalling Solutions Ltd, Invensys Rail, Infrasig and Ansaldo STS.

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£130m for Northern Hub is ‘a welcome show of confidence in rail’

Rail industry news / 21 March 2012 /

Following today’s announcement of further funding for the Northern Hub, Network Rail chief executive David Higgins said:

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Rail passengers step into new era as King’s Cross concourse opens

Rail industry news / 19 March 2012 /

The biggest transformation in the 160-year history of King’s Cross station was finally revealed today with the opening to the public of the spectacular new western concourse.

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New rail depot keeps Herefordshire on track

Rail industry news / 16 March 2012 /

Network Rail has today cemented its presence in Hereford with a brand new maintenance depot.

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New era for King’s Cross Station will deliver improvements for millions of passengers

Rail industry news / 14 March 2012 /

Network Rail will today announce the completion of the new western concourse, the most spectacular part of the five-year programme to restore and improve King’s Cross station. (more…)