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Not sure I have seen this mentioned on the forums so far. Up until a few weeks ago this was, publically at least, due to start opening from December this year (2026) https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/stuttgart/s21-bahn-falsche-kabel-ects-100.html To say this has gone down quite...

Consultation opened for remodelling of Oxford Road station to relocate terminating bay platform to centre and have just 2 lengthened through platforms: https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/network-rail-launches-consultation-on-plans-to-improve-manchester-oxford-road-station

One area the new government says it will look at is simplification of planning rules (my words) to make development easier. I assume this would also apply to infrastructure. I came across this blog post which looks at Portishead re-opening saga and especially the paperwork involved, I am sure...

If I read it correctly the Peterborough line Sunday service terminates at KX and does not go through the core, at least in early January. Yet other services from ECML do go through the core. Anyone know why?

A few days before Christmas I was waiting at Cambridge (central) for a northbound train to Cambridge North, shown to be at platform 1. There was a southbound (to Stansted) cross country train due a couple of minutes before from platform 4. These are actually 2 ends of a long platform with an...

I have a couple of questions on renewals vs new installations: 1. Are the skills and the people involved fairly similar, so for example if a 'team' was renewing wires and structures on MML south of Bedford then we could still have 'x' electrification teams nationally and this is one of them...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/windermere-line-electrification-progress.191705/#post-4192967 Why would this not be an ideal line for batteries instead of OHLE?

Mod Note: Split from MML Electrification thread Is not the solution currently known as HS2?

Does anyone know any more details of this, a test track is suggested, but presumably unless it's very long, which seems unlikely, it won't be for high speed running? I would assume it's more a static facility like a rolling road for trucks...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #6 originally in this thread. how much taxpayers money is to go towards the third runway at Heathrow?

Some interesting thoughts, although probably not so different to those most rail ministers could have uttered over the last 20 or more years! Maybe something newer is an encouragement to the rail industry to access government R&D funding...

An alternative to knocking down and rebuilding bridges, or track lowering, has been trialled. If it works then the time the lines need to be closed is much reduced so a cost reduction thanks to the rail lines remaining open much longer. It would be interesting to know the cost implications for...

DfT published this press release a few days ago which is pretty self explanatory, using available land around stations to kick start some regeneration (and earn some money for NR / government one would also guess!). As long as it doesn't constrict rail growth then getting homes and business to...

Article in the local newspaper about the start of work at Rochdale to 'add' a new platform, if they had consulted the NR northern hub website they would have learned: Anyone know if the plans are also to run through a service from the west that otherwise terminates in the through platforms...

Cheshire East council have made a proposal for an integrated Crewe HS2 hub and relocated classic line station, suggesting a location to the south of the existing station and using that as the catalyst to redevelop the existing site and open up a lot of land around the new station for business...

more at: http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/passenger-revenue-close-to-covering-operating-costs-of-running-the-rail-network

http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/toc-payments-to-government-leap-from-40m-to-more-than-800m?utm_source=Rail+Technology+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6101166_Newsletter+august+15+week+4&dm_i=IJS,3MROU,G6LINB,D236Z,1 And the ORR report from which this data is taken...

The DfT have just published their view. No concrete proposals as far as I can see, but maybe those more knowledgeable than I may spot something. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/442433/rolling-stock-perspective-pdfa.pdf Also includes a whole table of...

This may well have been discussed here before, however it seems that some more serious thinking is going on: http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/council-considers-ripping-up-abbey-line The first half dozen paragraphs:

I don't think there is already a thread for this: http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/new-18m-railhead-approved-for-west-midlands-freight-company