BRITAIN's prime minister Mr David Cameron has announced plans today to invest an additional £4.2bn to upgrade key sections of the rail network in England and Wales between 2014 and 2019 on top of the £5.2bn already committed for projects currently underway such as Crossrail and Thameslink.
BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail reduced operating costs by £120m in 2011-12 while increasing revenues to £6bn, up from £5.71bn in 2010-11.
NETWORK Rail (NR) has approved the Comparon EPS modular polystyrene platform system developed by MegaTech Projects for use on the British mainline network.
With heavy snowfall impacting the reliability of northern Europe's rail networks during recent frigid winters, two new snow clearance machines trialled this winter in Sweden and Britain aim to minimise future disruption, as Kevin Smith discovers.
BRITAIN's infrastructure manager, Network Rail (NR), has agreed framework deals with Ansaldo STS, Infrasig, Invensys Rail, and Signalling Solutions to develop and design ETCS Level 2 signalling and train control for use in Britain.