Ground-breaking work on a £145m rail reliability upgrade between Manchester and Sheffield will start later this month. This essential work will remove several bottlenecks on the Hope Valley line to allow passenger trains to overtake slower freight trains and improve[...]
The VolkerRailStory joint venture has launched a community app to keep local residents and passengers up-to-date on the railway upgrade works between Manchester and Sheffield. The work comes as part of the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade, which will remove several[...]
As many will be aware, March has been an extremely busy period for our business and more so across the North-West where we have seen months of upfront planning come together and follow through to the successful delivery 5no Core[...]
Significant planting and landscaping enhancements have now started on the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade, a Network Rail project that will see new railway infrastructure and track built to enable faster and more reliable passenger journeys between Manchester and Sheffield. The[...]
Rail passengers in Cumbria are benefiting from newly resurfaced platforms at Carlisle train station. Story Contracting, on behalf of Network Rail has carried out a major refurbishment project that has seen platforms one, two, and three overhauled at the Avanti[...]
Story Contracting joined celebrations to mark the opening of the new fully accessible footbridge at Suggitt’s Lane in Cleethorpes. The Story team completed over 20,200 working hours to build the new bridge, on behalf of Network Rail, which will provide[...]