Plans to electrify major routes including the Great Western to Cardiff are gathering pace as Network Rail issues a tender for machinery and plant to install overhead power lines quickly and ...

A hospice close to Eccleston Park railway station has benefitted from a multi-million pound project to electrify railway lines in the North West. Willowbrook Hospice, which cares for people over ...

A £100m electrification of the railway between Wigan and Bolton is officially complete after overhead power lines were entered into service this weekend. Overnight on Saturday (26 July), Network Rail ...

Platforms at Shotts station. Credit: Network Rail. UK-based Network Rail has awarded a new contract to Carillion Powerlines for electrification works along the Shotts line between Holytown Junction ...

The first train to Cardiff via the Severn Tunnel. Credit: Network Rail. UK infrastructure manager Network Rail has completed the work for the electrification of the Severn Tunnel on 5 June. With the ...

The Tees Valley Combined Authority has awarded Network Rail an £800,460 contract to put together a business case for electrifying the rail line between Northallerton and Saltburn. The £800K sum is ...