All news on the topic: Network Rail

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Escaped cows bring UK’s busiest rail line to a standstill for four hours
Leaves on the line, flooding on the tracks and rails are too hot – they’re all reasons we’re used to hearing for delays on the train.
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Railway bridge collapses after lorry crash between Nuneaton and Rugby
Passengers are facing disruption through Friday after a bridge collapsed in a lorry crash.
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Hundreds of commuters evacuated after security alert at London Euston
Euston Station, one of London’s most important and busiest train stations, has been evacuated after a ‘suspicious item’ was seen.
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Harry Potter HBO series to be filmed in London with Network Rail staff involved
The upcoming Harry Potter TV series is set to begin filming in the capital – and it’s not just the stars who will be in front of the cameras.
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Transport chaos in the heat: broken-down Thameslink train forces passengers to walk along the tracks
Alarmed Brits were evacuated after being stuck for two hours on a train without air conditioning.
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Trespasser on the London rail network caused disruptions to nearly 1,000 trains, incurring a cost of £1,200,000
A man has been jailed after he wreaked havoc on one of the UK’s busiest railway lines in southwest London.
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Network Rail fined £3.75 million for health and safety breaches that led to the death of track workers
Gareth Delbridge and Michael ‘Spike’ Lewis were killed after being struck by a train near Port Talbot in July 2019.
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A full list of 19 train stations where commuters are receiving cyber terrorism warnings
Several major UK train stations appear to be showing Islamophobic messages after being hacked in a major ‘cyber-security’ incident.
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UK's most unreliable train operators ranked - check your local service
Some major rail operators are late more than half of the time, according to new data on passenger rail performance, while others see high numbers of cancelled trains
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Network Rail chief pockets £35k bonus as passengers ride in misery
Despite services being regularly haled by engineering works, Network Rail staff has taken almost £40million in bonus payments - including an average £35k payout for top bosses
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Brits slammed in 9 cases of reckless people risking lives at level crossings
National Rail has highlighted nine cases of people risking their lives at railway crossings in the UK including a near miss where a car goes across a line immediately before a train passes
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Passengers trapped on trains as major Euston signal failure 'blocks all lines'
Passengers travelling to and from London Euston are impacted with on services from Wolverhampton, Manchester Piccadilly, Glasgow Central, Birmingham New Street and Edinburgh
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Victims of horror rail disaster win £1m damages after derailment killed three
The crash near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire during August, 2020 was the result of a series of 'failings' by Network Railway, who were fined £6.7million over the fatal incident
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Stansted Airport in chaos as train station evacuated after massive power outage
A spokesman for Stansted confirmed that the airport is in the process of restoring its systems following an "earlier power outage", while railway operator GA West Anglia said a "burnt switch in an electrical room has been found"
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Network Rail bosses spend £10,000 a week on flights as it’s cheaper than trains
Despite urging Brits to take the train to keep down carbon emissions, Network Rail staff spent thousands on domestic flights last year - admitting it was because planes sometimes worked out cheaper
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Fury as fed-up train passengers 'faint' on 'overcrowded' Easter journeys
London Euston station is shut today due to engineering works and images show thousands crammed onto overcrowded trains - many then flocked to Marylebone, Paddington and St Pancras to find alternate journeys from the capital