Network Rail

'Climate change is happening now': Roadmap sets out Environment Agency's new flood risk plan

Infrastructure

'Climate change is happening now': Roadmap sets out Environment Agency's new flood risk plan

New wave of practical actions aims to help protect homes, roads, and rail lines, Agency says

clock 08 June 2022 • 3 min read
On the wrong track: Without a new strategic approach could the UK rail network be heading for a 'death spiral'?

Rail

On the wrong track: Without a new strategic approach could the UK rail network be heading for a 'death spiral'?

Rail cuts, project scale-backs, and train fare rises could sabotage the UK's progress towards a green economy, campaigners have warned

clock 03 February 2022 • 9 min read

Rail

On track? Why the railway sector fears a 'boom and bust' approach to net zero journey

British railway industry urges government to end development 'hiatus' for rail electrification, warning UK cannot meet its net zero goals if lines are not upgraded

clock 27 April 2021 • 6 min read

Rail

Green groups slam £1bn cut to UK rail infrastructure budget

Government confirms plans to cut rail enhancement budget by over £1bn, drawing critical comparison to £27bn roads spending

clock 04 December 2020 • 3 min read

Risk

Climate change will cause more landslips, Stonehaven crash report warns

Interim report on fatal crash warns climate impacts on the rail network are "accelerating faster than our assumptions"

clock 14 September 2020 • 2 min read

Rail

'World first': Aldershot railway track powered by solar

Demonstrator project will explore whether solar can directly supply power to railways' traction systems

clock 23 August 2019 • 2 min read

Rail

Network Rail tasked with boosting biodiversity around UK train tracks

Government publishes new strategy setting out how it expects Network Rail to protect and enhance the UK's railway line-side environment

clock 24 July 2019 • 3 min read

Energy

Renewables displace diesel generators at railway 'site of the future'

Network Rail reveals solar and battery power met 97 per cent of an off-grid work site's power needs during a 14-day rail renewal project

clock 20 May 2019 • 2 min read

Carbon Accounting

Kings Cross cuts CO2 emissions by 40 tonnes thanks to solar installation

Green technologies installed during station's extensive refurbishment now bearing fruit, according to Network Rail

clock 09 November 2018 • 1 min read

Waste

Network Rail signals coffee cup recycling goal

Station operator vows to ban plastic cups and introduce coffee cup recycling schemes by 2020

clock 05 June 2018 • 4 min read