Work begins this month to three railway bridges in Hairmyres as part of the East Kilbride enhancement project.
This activity marks the start of the wider engineering works on the £139.8m electrification project as part of a Scottish Government investm…
Work will start next week on upgrading three railway bridges in the Hairmyres area[1] of East Kilbride[2] in South Lanarkshire.
The work is in connection with the East Kilbride enhancement project, which is an £139.8m electrification project that forms…
Alex Hynes, MD of Scotland’s railway and transport minister Fiona Hyslop (Network Rail)
SCOTLAND’S transport minister has joined railway colleagues in travelling on the first electric passenger service from Glasgow Central to Barrhead.
The £63 millio…
Hello and welcome to ORR’s December’s newsletter.
Welcome to December’s newsletter.
During the last month we have been busy helping ensure our work is understood by a range of stakeholders.
In November, two of our directors were before Parliamentary c…
Network Rail has appointed Story Contracting Ltd to design a new railway station on the Neilston line in the area south of Barrhead.
The station will be located off Balgraystone Road, between Patterton and Neilston stations. Plans for the site include…
Network Rail[1] has appointed Story Contracting Ltd to design a new station on the Neilston[2] line in the area south of Barrhead[3] in East Renfrewshire.
The station will be built off Balgraystone Road, between existing stations at Patterton[4] and Ne…
The proposed new station will be called ‘Balgray’, it has been announced.
Situated off Balgraystone Road, between Patterton and Neilston stations, the name is a nod to its location next to Balgray Reservoir and an old Scottish place name meaning either…
Network Rail
NETWORK Rail has appointed Story Contracting to design a proposed new railway station on the Neilston railway line in the area south of Barrhead.
To be located off Balgraystone Road, between the Patterton and Neilston stations, the new s…
The latest part of £63.3m Scottish Government investment project to further reduce the carbon footprint of Scotland[1]’s mainline between Glasgow[2] and Barrhead[3] has been announced by Network Rail[4].
Successful test runs by a Class 380[5] train fro…
Network Rail
NETWORK Rail has achieved a significant milestone on the £63.3 million Glasgow – Barrhead electrification project with the first electric test train running on the route.
The train successfully completed test runs from between 15mph to u…
It comes as findings by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), the government department responsible for the economic and safety regulation of Britain’s railways, show Network Rail in Scotland[1] had made £100m of efficiencies in 2022/23, 17% short of ORR …
Tributes have flooded in for a bus driver who sadly lost his life following a crash on the A77 near Newton Mearns.[1][2][3]
Gordon Stirling, 23, was behind the wheel of the Stagecoach service 4 bus when it was involved in a crash with a Ford Transit va…
Network Rail will today open a new railway footbridge at Strathbungo in Glasgow’s southside.
The new structure, part of the Glasgow – Barrhead Electrification project, now provides the required clearance for an electrified railway.
It’s all part of th…
A new footbridge in Glasgow’s Southside is to open tomorrow, Friday 18th August, Network Rail[1] has announced.
The new bridge is part of the Glasgow – Barrhead[2] Electrification Project – and was needed to provide enough clearance for the new overhea…