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Network Rail

Author: railwatch - Published Sun 26 of Mar, 2006 13:18 BST - (2953 Reads)
A new not-for profit company called Network Rail is expected to take over Railtrack plc's responsibility for maintaining Britain's railways from July this year.

King's Cross Central

Author: Ray King - Published Sat 18 of Mar, 2006 15:22 GMT - (8356 Reads)
An aerial view of St Pancras station, left, which will be the Eurostar terminus from next year with King's Cross station, right, and some of the land (top right) between the two stations which is to be re-developed

Picture: Argent

Fast progress

Author: railwatch - Published Fri 17 of Mar, 2006 17:46 GMT - (2595 Reads)
Picture by Rail Link Engineering, project managers and designers of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link

The long wait

Author: railwatch - Published Mon 13 of Mar, 2006 13:11 GMT - (2485 Reads)
Britain’s busiest railway line, which usually carries 650,000 people a day, is still closed after a train derailment 47 days ago.

Misguided bus

Author: Ray King - Published Sun 05 of Mar, 2006 19:49 GMT - (6146 Reads)
The railway track is still in place and needs only standard remedial work to be of operational standard. This picture was taken at Over in 2003.

Road to ruin

Author: railwatch - Published Sat 04 of Mar, 2006 23:39 GMT - (2783 Reads)
An alliance of 14 national environmental organisations, including the Railway Development Society, is launched today to try to stop the Government taking the road to ruin.

Settle-Carlisle cuts

Author: railwatch - Published Sat 04 of Mar, 2006 12:07 GMT - (3248 Reads)
The only though trains between West Yorkshire and Glasgow are being withdrawn on the orders of the Strategic Rail Authority with the flimsiest excuse.

Art on the line

Author: railwatch - Published Mon 27 of Feb, 2006 10:44 GMT - (2898 Reads)
Under the station platform canopy at Barnsley Interchange there now lurk various dogs, cats and other animal characters, waiting to surprise and amuse the unwitting passenger.

Alloa progress

Author: railwatch - Published Sun 26 of Feb, 2006 17:42 GMT - (2941 Reads)
An ambitious plan to reopen 13 miles of railway in Scotland took a major step forward on 26 February 2003 in the Scottish Parliament.

Rail for future

Author: Ray King - Published Mon 13 of Feb, 2006 10:54 GMT - (6338 Reads)
Amtrak's City of New Orleans train at Kenner, Louisiana, in the 1980s
Picture by John Sita

Fast link

Author: railwatch - Published Sun 12 of Feb, 2006 20:56 GMT - (2797 Reads)
One of the most exciting construction projects in Europe is quietly going ahead in Britain.