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Network Rail and Southeastern alliance joins forces to get trains on the move quicker along the Hastings line. Friday 8 Nov 2024. Response times for Network Rail first responders on the Hastings line to be slashed by up to an hour during disruption. George Graham House, at Robertsbridge station, will act as a new base for operations managers so ...
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Passengers and freight at the heart of new £44bn, five-year plan …
Friday 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 …
£45bn rail improvement plan puts climate change firmly in its sights
Wednesday 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 …
Regulator confirms Network Rail's £43.1bn 2024-29 funding plans
Tuesday 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.
Network Rail’s £4bn train control systems framework to …
Apr 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.
Five-year investment plan for ‘Backbone of Britain’ railway revealed
May 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 ...
Jan 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 ...
Network Rail using innovative fibre-optic technology to boost …
Sep 6, 2021 · National. Network Rail has awarded a contract to a consortium led by Thales Ground Transportation Systems Ltd to develop and trial Fibre Optic Acoustic Sensing (FOAS) technology that will support improvements in safety and performance on the railway. FOAS technology will be enriched with data fusion to enhance the ‘listening’ capabilities ...
Network Rail launches second phase of Network Operating Strategy
Sep 8, 2021 · Network Rail has launched the second phase of its ten-year Network Operating Strategy, aimed at improving operations in the rail industry. Also known as Net Ops 2, the strategy has been developed in partnership with operational colleagues from across the rail industry. It sets out a series of recommendations on how to better enable operational ...