Today the government has announced that they are going to provide £72m to improve the train services in Manchester & the North. The funding will help to deliver a third platform and much needed track improvements at Salford Crescent Station. Salford Crescent is a very busy stations and a main hub for passengers needing to

The Environment Agency continues to investigate a giant sink hole which has recently appeared above the HS2 tunnel in the beautiful part of the Chilterns.  Residents in the area where alarmed when the hole suddenly appeared on Saturday May 13 in Bazzards Field on the southwest side of Shardeloes Lake.  However, although the site was

Network Rail has now produced its Strategic Business Plan for England & Wales for CP7 (from April 1st 2024 to 31st March 2029.) It covers four regions and six function business plans. The report also looks at expenditure & income in CP6, and what’s forecasted in CP7 and any variances. 171 pages but well worth

A total of £52.3m has been spent by the Department for Transport in relation to establishing Great British Railways (GBR) so that the new body can absorb power from Network Rail. The spending was revealed after NCE submitted a Freedom of Information Request. Previous Freedom of Information Requests revealed that £41.4m was spent on the

Why not keep your business up to date with Network Rail’s Procurement Pipeline by visiting the following page https://www.networkrail.co.uk/industry-and-commercial/supply-chain/procurement/ On the same page you will also be able to view Network Rail’s CP7 Capital Delivery Procurement Plan Presentation. Although its dated back to Jan 2022 the plan does give some useful insights into each of Network

Suppliers have been invited by Network Rail to tender for its Eastern Routes Partnership (ERP) Framework which is valued at around £3bn to £4bn.  The framework includes four lots that cover buildings, civils, structural and geotechnical works; signalling and telecoms; contact systems works; and distribution and plant. The ERP Framework is broken down into various

For the control period 7 (CP7) Network Rail still has nearly £7bn worth of contracts yet to be awarded, however, most contractors are hopeful of winning new work.  Here’s a summary of the regions and contract status. For the Southern Integrated Delivery (SID) alliance which lasts up to 2034 and which could be worth up

Contractors have been alerted by Network Rail to the Eastern Routes Partnership Framework worth £3.5bn.  Network Rail is planning a series of contractor briefings ahead of releasing the tender so that bid teams can understand and digest the delivery & required behaviours that are needed for this challenging commercial framework. The Framework is broken down

Over £7.9bn has been given to Tier 2 subcontractors and awarded to over 2,000 UK companies since the start of the project. SME’s secured £3.6bn of orders which equates to a 45% share of the entire project.    Firms of all sizes have benefited with £1.9bn worth of work awarded to medium sized businesses (50-250

Story Contracting and Network Rail have successfully installed and completed the 5,000t new railway bridge at Ravenscraig on the West Coast Mainline. One of the largest lifts of a bridge in Europe. The project ran on schedule for 9 continuous days of round the clock working. Network Rail and North Lanarkshire Council agreed on doing