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Peak District road tunnel could cost under £2bn using Norwegian tunnelling techniques
5+ hour, 47+ min ago (423+ words) 14 Jul, 2026 By Thomas Johnson A proposal has been put forward for a 22km road tunnel under the Peak District to remove heavy traffic from the national park and help reopen a disused TransPennine rail link. Trans‑Pennine Connect, a scheme put…...
track defect
1+ week, 1+ day ago (41+ words) New Civil Engineer An artificial intelligence-powered system on an LNER (London North Eastern Railway) train designed to inform LNER and Network Rail about issues on the railway, misidentified a snake as a track defect. Walker Dendle Technical Recruitment...
AI system on LNER train misidentifies snake as track defect
1+ week, 1+ day ago (319+ words) 06 Jul, 2026 By Tom Pashby An artificial intelligence-powered system on an LNER (London North Eastern Railway) train designed to inform LNER and Network Rail about issues on the railway, misidentified a snake as a track defect. LNER communications director Stuart Thomas…...
Shipley train depot
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (39+ words) New Civil Engineer The Transpennine Route Upgrade (Tru) East Alliance has been awarded a £160M contract as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme, to build a new train depot in Shipley. Walker Dendle Technical Recruitment...
Great Western Railway (GWR)
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (42+ words) New Civil Engineer Great Western Railway (GWR) A 750t all-terrain mobile crane lifted the nine pieces that make up the staircases and bridge deck at Bristol Brabazon station over the Bank Holiday weekend. Walker Dendle Technical Recruitment...
Opening date for £250M Cambridge South confirmed with plans to be first GBR station
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (480+ words) 12 May, 2026 By Thomas Johnson Passengers will be able to board trains at the new £250M Cambridge South station from 28 June the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced. An official opening ceremony has been scheduled for the day after. It had previously…...
Severn Tunnel upgrade in 'one of the toughest environments on the UK rail network"
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (502+ words) 11 May, 2026 By Lee Kenny Network Rail will carry out major upgrades in the Severn Tunnel and Bristol area later in the month. The project will see Network Rail and contractors ARQ complete the transformation of the Severn Tunnel’s overhead power…...
Inside the challenges encountered in delivering the new Camp Hill line railway
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (1565+ words) 19 Sep, 2025 By Kristina Smith Building three new stations by a live line in urban areas, with a few surprises thrown in, have made for an interesting delivery for VolkerFitzpatrick on Transport for West Midlands’ Camp Hill line project. Almost 85 years…...
Upgrades needed on ‘very busy’ section of Cambridgeshire rail line
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (222+ words) 09 Apr, 2026 By Lee Kenny Engineers will renew nearly 1km of track, replace six sets of points and renew old sleepers and ballast in the vicinity of Ely station, in Cambridgeshire, later this month. The work, which will begin on Saturday 25 April,…...
Engineers complete Easter weekend rail upgrades hours ahead of schedule
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (346+ words) 07 Apr, 2026 By Lee Kenny Rail services through Somerset are back up and running after teams spent the bank holiday weekend replacing old track, sleepers and ballast at East Somerset Junction, between Westbury and Taunton. Network Rail engineers began work on…...