THE £120 million scheme to rebuild Glasgow Queen Street is one of three major Scottish railway projects on which work is now set to restart, having been paused because of Covid-19. Network Rail said its spending on renewals and improvements in Scotland had continued during the pandemic, amounting to an investment

HS2 Ltd has begun the search for specialist contractors to supply overhead power equipment for the high speed line.The contract is worth an estimated £300 million. The successful bidder will be responsible for additional stages of design as well as manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the systems. This

Train operator Grand Central has announced a measured return to service following a four-month period of hibernation during the COVID-19 lockdown. The company is inviting passengers to book for its West Riding and North East routes from July 26, and has thanked customers for their support whilst services have been suspended

EUROSTAR is restoring one daily service from London to Amsterdam from 9 July, but passengers in the reverse direction will still have to change at Brussels for security checks. Trains to Disneyland, near Paris, will also be running again from 2 August. Eurostar had withdrawn most of its services in

Ben Jones visits Long Marston to find out how redundant District Line trains are being rebuilt to provide cheaper and greener alternatives to brand new multiple units – and how Vivarail is looking to the future with new methods of propulsion.  SOMEWHERE deep in rural Warwickshire, a former London Underground ‘D

TRAINS run by open access operator Grand Central will start to return from 26 July, with two daily services between London and Bradford and three between London and Sunderland. Grand Central, along with Hull Trains, had been forced to suspend its operations at the start of April after rescue talks

A NEW report commissioned by Network Rail and now published by Design Council is set to change the way smaller stations are designed, with the aims of making them welcoming to all passengers and supporting the communities in their catchment areas. Other ambitions include reflecting local character and heritage, achieving

AN announcement from Network Rail earlier this week that VolkerFitzpatrick had been appointed to build a new station for Soham in Cambridgeshire has been amended. It has now emerged that VF prepared the design last year, but a further option for the firm to go on to build the station

THE Prime Minister has announced that Network Rail is to start the next stage of work to ‘unblock Manchester’s railways’ after being given £10 million in design and development funding. The work will examine options to solve capacity and reliability problems. The DfT said ‘this is the next step in

PASSENGERS delayed by late-running trains will be able to claim compensation more easily under changes proposed by the Office of Rail and Road. A new operators’ licence condition will require the companies to conform with a code of practice which would mean passengers receiving ‘clear information about their entitlements to