The additional track required to deliver the service increase and reliability improvements are 80% complete. The track will become the third railway line between Lea Bridge and Meridian Water. Source:
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Network Rail explains how Maghull North was constructed so quickly
Network Rail has added an article to their website that provides background on the design and construction process that allowed them to deliver Maghull North railway station so quickly. Source:
Continue readingNetwork Rail submits TWAO for East West Rail
Network Rail has submitted the Transport and Works Act Order required to restore railway services between Oxford, Bedford, Milton Keynes and Aylesbury. The order focuses on a section of railway
Continue readingMP throws weight behind Ironbridge proposal
Following recent comments by local councillors, the MP for Telford has written to Network Rail and Harworth Group, the new owners of the Ironbridge power station site to offer her
Continue readingDoubts on Grove progress
Progress on a railway station at Grove appears to have stalled with a local landowner opposed to the site currently proposed and Network Rail advising that they are not planning
Continue readingBeaulieu Park enters detailed planning stage
Representatives from key organisations have advised that the proposed railway station at Beaulieu Park has entered the detail planning and engineering stage. If the funding gap can be resolved, Network
Continue readingHalton Curve work completed
Work to upgrade the Halton Curve so that an hourly train service could use it from December was completed over the bank holiday weekend. The Frodsham control area has been
Continue readingHeathrow western link consultation set to open next week
A further consultation is set to open into the proposed western link serving Heathrow on 11 May. This will enable trains from Reading to directly approach Heathrow. The consultation will
Continue readingPlans submitted for Kintore
Network Rail has submitted plans for the railway station at Kintore. Plans have been submitted to Aberdeenshire County Council for a two platform station with car park. It is planned
Continue readingDiscussions commence to extend Crossrail to Ebbsfleet
TfL has commenced discussions with Network Rail to develop the proposals to extend the Elizabeth line to Ebbsfleet according to a response to a Question to the Mayor.
Continue readingSupport for Middlewich as LEP study seeks support
Network Rail are keen to move forward on the proposed restoration of rail services to Middlewich as the Local Transport Board discussed an LEP study that will look into demand
Continue readingMayor exasperated at slow progress on Cambridgeshire projects
Mayor James Palmer has expressed frustration following the lack of progress on proposed railway projects including Cambridge South, Soham and Wisbech. He will be meeting a Transport Minister to investigate
Continue readingPlans for Kintore railway station to go on display
Plans for infrastructure which will support the forthcoming railway station at Kintore will go on display to the public next week, ahead of the project reaching a major milestone in
Continue readingFeasibility study paves way for Welborne station
A feasibility study into a railway station serving the Welborne Garden Village has reported that a railway station on the Fareham to Eastleigh line is feasible. Click here for the
Continue readingCouncillor urges Network Rail opens new Aberdeen stations
A councillor has urged that Network Rail focuses on delivering new railway stations near Aberdeen including proposals at Newtonhill, Cove and Altens. Click here for the article
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