Topic: West Coast Main Line

UK suffers second fire incident in a week Fire blocks West Coast Main Line in London

A fire at commercial premises in London has blocked the West Coast Main Line. The significant blaze, in the north London suburb of Chalk Farm,…
Winter storms and West Coast Main Line renewals overcome UK’s Russell RailRoad maintains services through adversity

Russell RailRoad has highlighted the inherent resilience of rail freight. Trains largely maintained operations through recent snowbound conditions across Scotland and parts of England. They…
Clifton demo and reno almost completed Bridge replacement nearly open on UK West Coast Main Line

Road and rail customers, and local residents, are being thanked after demolition work for the £60m (€71m) Clifton Bridge replacement was completed successfully. The project…
Clifton Bridge works suspended, but swinging again UK West Coast bridge replacement scare

There was a scary weekend delay with a much-anticipated bridge replacement on the West Coast Main Line. Work is underway to renew the Clifton Bridge,…
Network Rail works UK freight and passengers benefit from Christmas works

Christmas this week brings more than just turkey and tinsel for the UK rail network. Network Rail is deploying thousands of workers across the country…
The rail link that came in from the cold Peel Ports revive Warrington freight plan

Plans for a rail freight terminal at Acton Grange, next to the Manchester Ship Canal, have resurfaced 15 years after initial approval. The proposals, lodged…
Storm of things to come Cymru clean up continues after Claudia

South Wales was awash after taking the worst of the first seasonal weather fronts. The early winter Storm Claudia barrelled into the British Isles on…
Derailment at Shap, Cumbria, England West Coast Main Line blocked – major incident declared

A train has derailed at Shap, the highest point on the West Coast Main Line in England, Europe’s busiest mixed traffic route. News of the…
Strategic for Manchester and Liverpool UK Logistics Park North consultation begun

In North West England, plans to develop a major new Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) between Manchester and Liverpool have taken a further step forward.…
UK Midlands Tarmac opens new rail depot in Rugby

Tarmac, the aggregates and building materials specialist, has officially opened a new rail depot at Hunters Lane in Rugby. It’s transformed a previously disused siding…
Engineering works? Must be a UK public holiday Holiday engineering works draw to a close

Britain’s railway network is beginning to emerge from a weekend of intensive engineering activity. Infrastructure teams have been working around the clock. They have been…
FRIDAY FREIGHT PATH Has HS2 delivered for rail freight?

It promised 15,000 freight train movements in the construction phase. It was going to free up the network for more services – including freight. It…