Network Rail has proposed a new £34bn ($55bn) high-speed railway line linking Scotland and London by 2030.

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For the people of Frinton, their Victorian railway gates were a proud symbol of their heritage and old-fashioned values. The seaside resort has always clung tenaciously to its past and it was not until 2000 that the first pub was allowed to open for business.

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Britain's railways are turning to recycled plastic in a trial of environmentally friendly sleepers. Network Rail is to fit up to 250 of the green sleepers, made from old car bumpers and plastic bottles, on the network this summer.

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The bosses of railway infrastructure company Network Rail have been condemned by a committee of MPs for "widespread complacency" and for sharing more than £700,000 in bonuses that added "insult to injury" for "long-suffering passengers who had to struggle with the consequences o …

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The bus and train operator Stagecoach have aired doubts over Network Rail's ability to complete engineering works on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) by the December deadline. Stagecoach runs numerous rail operations across the UK and owns a 49% stake in Virgin Trains.

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Railway infrastructure company, Network Rail, may lose its monopoly if it fails to improve punctuality and reduce costs, according to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR), the rail regulator.

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Rail and airline passengers should be spared a summer of strikes. Members of the RMT Union voted against a national strike, which would have caused three quarters of UK train journeys to be cancelled.

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Travelers can expect more holiday travel chaos this bank holiday as Network Rail plan further engineering works. The west coast main line will be affected. There will be no trains from Euston to Birmingham from Saturday to Tuesday morning.

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Network Rail figures on train punctuality show that official figures released by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) are highly misleading. The ORR figures show that 90% of trains are running on time.

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Similar disruption to the New Year rail disruption is expected over the Easter break as Network Rail plan to conduct engineering works at 35 locations across Britain.

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The Office of Rail Regulation will fine Network Rail £14 million pounds for the overrun engineering works over the Christmas period. The four day overrun (reported 'In the News' on 2 January 2008) closed the busiest railway line in the UK.

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McDonald's has won approval to offer courses which could form part of a qualification at the standard of A-levels or advanced Diplomas. The fast-food giant, airline Flybe and Network Rail are the first firms to be approved to offer the Level 3 courses.

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Following the New Year disruption to 120,000 rail passengers reported In the News on 2 January 2008, National Express has negotiated with Network Rail for compensation of approximately £3 million.

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Railway infrastructure company, Network Rail, is facing a multi-million pound fine after disrupting the holiday travel plans of over 120,000 rail travellers.

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Rail industry leaders have accused the Government of wasting hundreds of millions of pounds and undermining the environmental benefits of rail travel by choosing diesel instead of electric trains.

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Railway infrastructure company, Network Rail, has admitted that it is currently struggling to cope with passenger numbers across the UK's rail network. According to Network Rail, this has led to serious over-crowding on trains throughout the UK.

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Railway infrastructure company, Network Rail, announced plans yesterday to spend £10 billion to improve rail capacity over the next 5 years. The plans include the ThamesLink upgrade, Glasgow airport link and make-over of Reading, King's Cross and Birmingham New Street Stations.

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Rail crash investigators were facing up to the possibility that the Virgin train derailment could have been the result of sabotage.

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The firm that runs the UK's railway tracks and signals, Network Rail, has made a profit for the first time. Results for the six months to September show a £747m profit, which the not-for-profit firm, set up in 2002, is to spend on network improvements.

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