BRITAIN’S busiest railway line is set for a decade of severe disruption. The once-in-a-generation upgrades to 150 miles of Network Rail’s west coast main line are due to begin in 2026 – costing an estimated £3.8billion. 2 An Avanti West Coast mainline train on the tracks in CreweCredit: Getty
THE home of English football’s most controversial club is now the headquarters of Network Rail. In it’s heyday, 9,000 fans would fill the stadium every week – but before all of that it housed England’s national hockey team. 9 The home of English football’s most controversial club is now the… Controversial EFL team’s old stadium and former … Read more
A SCOTRAIL train crashed into a fallen tree at 84mph as emergency calls went unanswered for more than 20 minutes, a probe found. A member of the public rang a Network Rail helpline to report the trunk blocking the line near Dundee in a storm. 1 The window at the front of the service was … Read more
TRAIN passengers have faced delays nearly 15,000 times in the past five years due to issues with junction points. Network Rail figures show trains are thrown into chaos over faulty points more than 50 times a week. One failure alone between Reading and Newbury in Berkshire last January affected… Train passengers faced delays 15,000 times … Read more
Train meltdown that hit more than a dozen networks traced to base where staff are at their desks just two days a week …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> A FAULT at a Network Rail base where staff are at their desks just two days a week triggered a meltdown on more than a dozen train networks … Read more