Awards, contracts & appointments

£7.5m station investment for Denmark Hill passengers

28 August 2020From September, work will commence to improve reliability and prevent over-crowding at Denmark Hill train station. Passenger numbers at Denmark Hill, now one of London’s busiest stations outside of the large terminals with nearly 7 million...

New train maintenance facility to be built in Kent

28 August 2020Balfour Beatty have begun demolition work at the old Chart Leacon depot in Ashford, which closed in 2014, to make room for a new train maintenance facility. The new facility is set to include five new railway sidings, where trains can be stored a...

23-days of upgrade work around Clacton-on-Sea

27 August 2020Reliability and safety to be dramatically improved for passengers in the Clacton-on-Sea area when a computer-based signalling system goes live next spring, including a 23-day stretch of intensive engineering works during February and March 2021. ...

HS2’s eco-friendly station gets planning green light

27 August 2020HS2’s landmark station, that will be the centre of the Midlands network, has had plans approved by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. The station recently became the first railway station globally to achieve the BREEAM ‘Outstandin...

Siemens Mobility Limited secure Core Valley Lines contract by TfW

27 August 2020Transport for Wales have awarded a three-year contract to Siemens Mobility Limited as part of the Core Valley Lines Transformation programme. The works will include the renewal and replacement of lineside signalling infrastructure, as well as the...

Multi-million-pound upgrade work across August Bank Holiday

26 August 2020Network Rail are reminding passengers of significant upgrades taking place across rail networks this weekend. Between the West Midlands and London Euston work is taking place to make journeys more reliable for passengers and freight customers in...

SWR new £1bn Arterio fleet to transform passenger travel

25 August 2020Today (25 Aug) South Western Railway have revealed Arterio as the name for the new £1 billion train fleet set to revolutionise travel across South West London, Surrey and Berkshire. SWR’s Managing Director revealed the name during a s...

£9.1m of improvements for Kent and South East London railway

24 August 2020Network Rail are set to replace a 130-year-old bridge as part of its programme of engineering works this August Bank Holiday. The work, which may affect some journeys in Kent and South East London, to replace the bridge at Catford, South East Lon...

South West Wales receives new Community Rail Partnership

24 August 2020Community Rail Partnership launched for the South West Wales region, designed to help communities get the most benefit from their rail services. The partnership, South West Wales Connected, will engage with communities across Swansea, Neath, Port...

HS2 to build new play area following school pupil’s letter

24 August 2020Three Rivers District Council have today announced (24 Aug) planning permission has been granted for a new landscaped play area for Maple Cross JMI school in Maple Cross Rickmansworth, following a letter to HS2 from a local pupil. The project was...

Welsh railways receive multi-million-pound UK government investment

21 August 2020Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced today that momentous progress has been made on moving forward upgrades to Wales’ railways following £343m of funding to help bring better journeys for passengers. The list of schemes to b...

New Acceleration Unit launched by Transport Secretary

21 August 2020Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, has today (Aug 21) announced the launch of a new Acceleration Unit to help bring essential rail and road upgrades that will create jobs, rise connectivity, and boost the economy coming out of the Covid-19 outbrea...

Dawlish sea wall development plans approved

19 August 2020On Aug 18 Teignbridge District Council approved Network Rail’s plans for the remaining section of the new sea wall at Dawlish, which will allow for increased protection for the railway from extreme weather and rising sea levels for years to...

HS2 launches second wave of Innovation Accelerator recruitment

17 August 2020Today (17 Aug) HS2 Ltd has launched the second wave of recruitment to its Innovation Accelerator programme, after a huge response to its first call out to tech start-ups and pioneering SMEs earlier this year. The company is looking to recruit fiv...

Innovative imagery survey set to improve passenger journeys

17 August 2020Funded with a £394,000 grant from the Department for Transport through the First of a Kind 2020 programme, a ground breaking way of inspecting the railways is to be used this summer. Using high-quality imagers across the Thames valley, west...