It’s 31 March 2017. At 05:51, train 2H81 departs, one minute late, from Platform 6 at Carlisle. Nothing remarkable in that, you might think, and anyway, what’s a minute between friends? This, though, was a Northern service to Leeds, travelling[...]
Story's team at Plymouth Road Bridge in Blackpool recently hit a major milestone in the year-long programme, as the road was reopened to vehicle traffic on Friday 7th April. This marks a huge achievement for everyone involved, but particularly the[...]
Recent works at Dalton drainage involved replacing existing foul water drainage which was damaged and contaminating the main. 82 metres of the Up Main was removed to allow removal of the contaminated ballast. The drainage was re-routed to connect to[...]
Story Contracting's Rail Scotland team have successfully relocated a historic footbridge to the Caledonian Heritage Railway at Bridge of Dun station. Working to a tight 4-week programme, Robert McCallum and his site team completed the works safely, within budget and a[...]
The Settle-Carlisle line reopened to train customers today after more than a year of repairs works following a 500,000-tonne landslip which had threatened the future of Britain’s most iconic railway. Story Contracting hands back Network Rail's most challenging railway repair[...]
Test trains have successfully ran over the newly installed tracks on-site at Eden Brows, as can be seen in the image below. Works remain on programme and the official reopening of this section of the Carlisle - Settle line will[...]