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TRU teams advance Huddersfield works during 16-day rail closure
Track, station and electrification works are progressing between Stalybridge and Mirfield, with services due to resume on 5 October.
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Track, station and electrification works are progressing between Stalybridge and Mirfield, with services due to resume on 5 October.
Drainage, earthworks and rock protection have been delivered ahead of winter on routes including the Settle–Carlisle line and West Coast Main Line.
The North Wales Coast line will close for up to four weeks in January 2027 as engineers renew track, drainage, stations and level-crossing infrastructure.
Network Rail will begin work later this year on a new footbridge and lifts at the Shropshire station, with completion expected in autumn 2027.
Finance minister Elin Jones has called for £1bn of Wales’ promised £14bn rail investment to be brought forward in the Autumn Budget.
O’Grady will become managing director of the Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture in October, succeeding Jonathan Morris.
Network Rail has opened a consultation on the proposed policy for allocating passenger and freight access to Britain’s rail network.
The programme with three universities will test artificial intelligence and Industry 4.0 tools at Alstom’s La Pocatière factory.
The Government says the operator will transfer to public ownership on 7 March 2027, alongside new investment in West Coast Main Line reliability and…
New lifts, footbridges and accessible facilities are now in service at two London stations, following complex works alongside operational railways.