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WEBWednesday 18 Sep 2024. West of England Mayor Dan Norris has revealed the date that Bristol’s newest railway station, Ashley Down, will open. On Saturday (28 September) residents in the north of the city will have their own station once again after nearly 60 years. Information for journalists, press, bloggers and the media about Network Rail ...
Passengers and freight at the heart of new £44bn, five-year plan …
WEBFriday 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 things that matter ...
Network Rail’s £4bn train control systems framework to …
WEBApr 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.
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WEBLatest tactics revealed to stop railway metal thieves in their tracks. Thursday 19 Sep 2024. Covert crime-busting kit is being used to track down metal thieves who cause major delays to passengers and freight on the West Coast main line – Europe’s busiest mixed use railway. Results 1 - 8 out of 13696.
£45bn rail improvement plan puts climate change firmly in its sights
WEBWednesday 3 Apr 2024. £45bn rail improvement plan puts climate change firmly in its sights Region & Route: National. Network Rail today announced the start of its five-year, £45.4bn* rail improvement plan aimed at delivering a simpler, better, greener railway that provides the best level of train performance possible and that’s more geared-up than ever before to cope with the extremes of ...
Regulator confirms Network Rail's £43.1bn 2024-29 funding plans
WEBTuesday 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.
ORR accepts Network Rail’s robust plan to improve train …
WEB2 days ago — The Office of Rail and Road today accepted Network Rail’s detailed plan to improve train performance across Wales & Western England. This means that rail passengers, including those travelling on some of the UK’s busiest train services into and out of London Paddington, can look forward to more reliable journeys in future. The detailed ...
Network Rail and CP6 – looking back on five years of change
WEBMar 25, 2024 — Control Period 6, or CP6, is the rail infrastructure manager’s sixth, five-year funding period, which started on 1 April 2019 and will finish on 31 March 2024. During this time, Network Rail has successfully delivered major rail upgrades across Great Britain to improve the railway for its passengers and freight users, while navigating unprecedented change inside and outside the railway.
Five-year investment plan for ‘Backbone of Britain’ railway revealed
WEBMay 19, 2023 — About Network Rail. We own, operate and develop Britain's railway infrastructure; that's 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations.We run 20 of the UK's largest stations while all the others, over 2,500, are run by the country's train operating companies.. Usually, there are almost five million journeys made in the UK ...
Network Rail in exclusive discussions with consortium on deal to ...
WEBJan 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 ...