Tag: Network Rail

Rail reconstruction gets underway through Bath in 2017.

A new word has entered our local vocabulary in the last couple of years. It’s ‘t-pod’ and it is a … More

Is this the Sydney Gardens rig for electrification?

This is the way electrification may well be carried through Bath’s historic Sydney Gardens. My thanks to Noel Dolphin of Furrer+Frey … More

Bristol/Bath rail closure over Easter.

Bath & North East Somerset Council is urging commuters to plan ahead to during the forthcoming closure of the railway … More

That sinking feeling.

Back from a week’s holiday and surprised to see Network Rail contractors are still busy doing repairs to the rail … More

Underneath the arches.

While we are waiting for work to start on surfacing the path from Grosvenor Bridge onto the Kennet and Avon … More

Losing steam?

Things are getting a little behind as far as the electrification of the Great Western main rail line to London … More

Cleveland Pools lecture, bridge inspection and latest on old Harvester.

Sat in on a free lunchtime lecture at Bath Guildhall given by Sally Helvey who is a trustee of the … More

Next stage of electrification getting underway.

Network Rail will be getting underway with the next stage of their multi-million-pound electrification programme of the London to Bristol main … More

First look at rail bridge re-design for Sydney Gardens.

Rail passengers will now be well aware that ‘normal’ services have been resumed on the line to London – following … More

Rail brackets and ho ho ho.

As of Tuesday, September the First, it was good to see passenger traffic back in direct operation on the Bristol … More

Spray, splodge and dodge.

Followers of the Virtual Museum will know l hate so-called pavement stencils. Messy graffiti that disfigures our historic city. It just looks … More

Box, Bath and Brunel.

At 5.41 am on Tuesday, September the First – a train left Bath Spa for Chippenham. Not only was it … More

Trains back for September 1st.

You’ll get your railway back on September 1st – that’s still the promise from Network Rail while contractors are hard … More

Bath’s vanishing railway?

Got to be the most unusual sight l have seen in a while. A section of the main line which passes through … More

Letting light into Sydney Gardens

Plenty of evidence in Bath’s historic Sydney Gardens of a new policy to open up areas of the parkland and … More

Bath track lowering enters final week.

Network Rail gave themselves around six weeks to lower the rail track around Bath – ready for the electrification programme … More

Sydney Gardens – It’s electrifying!

A first image of how the railway line through Bath’s historic Sydney Gardens might look in the future as Network … More

Rail works pick up speed.

While Network Rail’s track lowering operation in Box Tunnel gathers momentum, there’s evidence elsewhere – and nearer to home – … More