Transpennine Route Upgrade latest progress
These pictures show Network Rail’s progress with upgrading the railway line between Leeds and Manchester. The project aims to create more capacity for longer trains that can deliver quicker journeys.…
Transpennine Route Upgrade reaches Batley and Dewsbury
Trains are now running through Dewsbury and Batley following a 28-day blockade to let Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) upgrade the line. TRU renewed track as follows: Batley 615m, Dewbury 2,760m,…
Network Rail faces capacity challenge on its Settle-Carlisle line
When news broke earlier this year of extensive closures coming to the northern half of the West Coast Main Line for renewals of overhead wires and signalling, it naturally begged…
How a ‘Big Six’ might provide a map for England’s railways
With Labour in power for a year, pledging to nationalise Britain’s railways, it’s worth a look at progress. After a rapid start, progress has slowed, perhaps even stalled. That quick…
NR creates London freight blueprint
In West London there’s a pair of tracks known as the Up Poplar and Down Poplar. They link the Great Western Main Line with the North London Line. A train…
Britain needs electric freight
Noel Dolphin is an enthusiast for electric trains. That shouldn’t surprise anyone because he works for Furrer+Frey, which is the Swiss company that developed the electrification system that Network Rail…
When will passengers return?
I woke early the other morning. Too early. All was black outside and time dragged. It seemed to be hours before the eastern sky slowly lightened and the sun hauled…
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Decarbonisation shows rail’s route forward
Britain needs more electric railways. They are cleaner and greener. They provide lower operating costs but need heavy investment in masts and wires. Electric railways bring decarbonisation. It’s this heavy…
Could fibre optic sensors prevent a future Carmont accident?
To say the terrible derailment at Carmont shocked those running Scotland’s Railway is an understatement. Staff across ScotRail and Network Rail Scotland were busy – to borrow Scotland’s Railway’s tagline…
Clearing congestion from Castlefield Corridor
Whichever way you look at Manchester there are no easy answers to the congestion caused by pushing more trains along the twin-track Castlefield Corridor between Piccadilly and Deansgate stations. The…