Network Rail regulation and performance

ScotRail’s surge in train punctuality ‘no fluke’

17 October 2019 New research shows a huge ‘surge’ in ScotRail trains arriving on time, the biggest year-on-year increase in punctuality since 2015. Scotland’s Railways delivered 36,200 more trains on time since April 1 2019, compared with...

RAIB releases new safety recommendations following recent fatal accident

16 October 2019The RAIB has delivered a new set of safety recommendations after a passenger suffered fatal injuries after leaning out of a window of a moving train last year. The rail safety branch has made four recommendations and identified two learning point...

Paperless ‘smart ticketing’ for trains backed by Greater Anglia

14 October 2019Greater Anglia have given support to the Rail Delivery Group, who are co-ordinating an industry wide campaign this week (14-20 October) to encourage passengers to move away from paper tickets.  ‘Smart Week’ will see events at 73...

Jet-washing trains begin work in Kent and Sussex to remove leaves on the line

08 October 2019Network Rail have deployed jet-washing trains onto the lines in Kent and Sussex, where they will be travelling the equivalent of four times round the Earth in order to clean the railway. Thousands of tonnes of leaves are dropped onto the tracks e...

Car share scheme rolled out at Tring station

04 October 2019London Northwestern Railway have introduced an innovative car share scheme to save their passengers money while helping the environment. Passengers travelling to Tring station are being invited to use a new scheme of sharing their journey to the...

Network Rail to provide station WiFi for millions of passengers

30 September 2019Netwok Rail have announced a ‘significant digital investment’ today to provide fast, free and reliable WiFi to Britain’s biggest and busiest railways. In a bid to keep passengers at the heart of all rail improvements, Network Ra...

Thameslink Programme projects celebrate double success

27 September 2019Success for two projects, who make up part of the £7bn Thameslink Programme, who have been shortlisted for Exceptional Achievement Awards (EEA) by CEEQUAL. The celebrated projects are the Bermondsey Dive Under, competing in the Ecology and...

Developing the future of UK infrastructure invested in Southampton

27 September 2019The University of Southampton officially unveils the National Infrastructure Laboratory on its Boldrewood Innovation campus today. The opening of the centre, by chief executive of Network Rail, Andrew Haines, will see the Southampton’s cont...

A track worker narrowly escapes train near Gatwick Airport

26 September 2019A track worker had a lucky escape as he had a near-miss with an oncoming train between Horley and Gatwick Airport stations between Surrey and West Sussex on December 2 2018. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), set up to prevent future...

‘My mission is now complete’ - Ex train driver succeeds in 17-year pursuit of lost railway history

24 September 2019A lost piece of railway history is on its way home thanks to dedicated, retired train driver and his transport police friend. The Manchester & Birmingham Railway plaque was a high-quality copy of the 1839 original, which resides in the Nation...

Network Rail confirms route director appointments

16 September 2019 Today (Monday 16 September) will see Network Rail’s 14 new routes go live. Meanwhile, the company directors each have confirmed a number of senior management appointments to their teams. This comes after the announcement of...

Network Rail reveals detailed £2.9bn upgrade plans for TransPennine route

23 August 2019Major station upgrades and plans to rebuild and electrify an 8-mile stretch of track have been put forward by Network Rail as part of a public consultation on a major upgrade to the TransPennine route. The plans form part of the £2.9bn Tran...

Government sets out vision for biodiverse railway lineside

23 July 2019DfT sets out clear strategy for how it expects Network Rail to protect and enhance the UK’s lineside environment.

Network Rail at TransCityRail Midlands event to deliver solutions

18 July 2019Network Rail executives tagged the prestigious TransCityRail Midlands event at The Vox Conference Centre, Birmingham, as a “key” calendar event and hailed it as a great vehicle for meeting new suppliers.

Let the drain take the strain, argues ORR inspector of railways

12 July 2019Chris Davies, principal inspector of railways at the ORR, debates the often-overlooked importance of drainage in the safe operation of the railway network. In February 1940, a passenger train on the approach to Watford tunnel struck a landslip co...