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Tuesday 12 Nov 2024. More than 95% of rail network open for business as normal, but some routes will be affected. Network Rail will be undertaking around 400 projects as part of a £142m upgrade programme over Christmas and New Year to improve your railway and provide better, more reliable services for passengers across Britain.
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Network Rail and Southeastern alliance joins forces to get trains on the move quicker along the Hastings line. Friday 8 Nov 2024. Response times for Network Rail first responders on the Hastings line to be slashed by up to an hour during disruption. George Graham House, at Robertsbridge station, will act as a new base for operations managers so ...
Track and train join forces to tackle leaf fall this Autumn
1 day ago · A new initiative between Network Rail and South Western Railway (SWR) has more than doubled the number of trains treating the railway and keeping the tracks leaf-free this Autumn. In a first for the railway across the south of England, a SWR-inspired and Network Rail-funded project to improve rail adhesion has seen 39 SWR Class 158 and 159 ...
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Sunday 3 Nov 2024. Information for journalists, press, bloggers and the media about Network Rail. Contact the press office to receive news, updates, press releases, videos, pictures, and factsheets, and to arrange interviews, filming and photography.
Network Rail’s £4bn train control systems framework to …
Apr 10, 2024 · The framework runs from 2024 until 2034 and is worth £4bn (£3bn = digital signalling and £1bn = conventional signalling). The contracts have been awarded over two lots: Lot 1: Conventional signalling. Alstom. AtkinsRealis. Hitachi. Siemens. Lot 2 – Digital signalling (using European Train Control System technology) Alstom.
Regulator confirms Network Rail's £43.1bn 2024-29 funding plans
Tuesday 31 Oct 2023. Regulator confirms Network Rail's £43.1bn 2024-29 funding plans Region & Route: National. After more than two years of industry and stakeholder engagement and analysis, the Office of Road and Rail (ORR), the independent regulator that oversees Network Rail's activity, today announced its final determination.
Passengers and freight at the heart of new £44bn, five-year plan …
Friday 19 May 2023. Passengers and freight at the heart of new £44bn, five-year plan for our railway Region & Route: National. Network Rail today published its £44bn, five-year plan (2024-29, Control Period 7 – CP7) for the railway in England and Wales that sees increased investment in tackling climate change, improving train performance from current levels, investing in …
Network Rail in exclusive discussions with consortium on deal to ...
Jan 24, 2023 · In a project launched two years ago, Network Rail has now entered exclusive discussions with a private sector consortium to upgrade the railway’s ageing telecoms infrastructure. The parties expect to reach an agreement by mid-2023. The consortium is a partnership between two private sector businesses – both market leaders in the development ...
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Network Rail and Southeastern alliance joins forces to get trains on the move quicker along the Hastings line. Friday 8 Nov 2024. Response times for Network Rail first responders on the Hastings line to be slashed by up to an hour during disruption. George Graham House, at Robertsbridge station, will act as a new base for operations managers so ...