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Network Rail Network Rail is forming a joint venture with Kier Property for the £500m redevelopment of six station sites across the South East, including Enfield, Epsom, Guildford, Maidstone, Twickenham and Walthamstow. 03-Apr-2008 Network Rail is seeking a suitable site in the Midlands for a new 350,000 sq ft headquarters, as part of a relocation strategy that could affect up to 3,000 staff. 18-Mar-2008 Network Rail is to relocate its railway infrastructure records from Glasgow, London and Birmingham to Clifton Moor in York by autumn, with the creation of more than 30 jobs. 20-Feb-2008 Network Rail has secured £388m of government funding to expand New Street station in Birmingham, and work will start in 2009. 13-Feb-2008 Network Rail has won approval from the Welsh Assembly for a new train depot in Wrexham, in order to support 45 jobs being created with Wrexham & Shropshire's new service to London Marylebone from spring 2008. 11-Jan-2008 Network Rail is considering plans to set up a 22,500 sq ft office at Davidson House in Reading town centre. 22-Nov-2007 Network Rail has unveiled plans to invest £18m in the modernisation of Derby station over the next 18 months, including new platform canopies. 20-Nov-2007 Network Rail is looking to recruit up to 1,000 engineers and project managers to help deliver its planned £10bn investment in improvements to the railway system over the next five years. 01-Nov-2007 Network Rail is seeking a property partner for a £500m development project at eight station sites in Twickenham, Wembley Cutting, Enfield, Epsom, Walthamstow, Paddington, Maidstone and Guildford. 16-Oct-2007 Network Rail has been asked by the government to conduct a feasibility study into the development of a freight superhub at Manchester Piccadilly railway station. 16-Oct-2007 Network Rail is to set up a 40,000 sq ft office at the King's Place development in London N1, joining Wolverine Worldwide and The Guardian newspaper at the 500,000 sq ft scheme. 04-Oct-2007 Network Rail is planning to build a £40m rail maintenance depot at Woodhouse Junction near Sheffield, with the creation of about 150 jobs. 27-Apr-2007 Network Rail has announced plans to invest £2.4bn in the expansion of the railways over the next two years, including longer platforms, speed increases, new tracks and resignalling. 04-Apr-2007 Network Rail is to set up an 80,000 sq ft storage and distribution centre in Derby. 15-Jan-2007 Network Rail is to build a new rail hub in Wrexham with the creation of up to 60 jobs, in order to allow the Wrexham, Shropshire and Marylebone Railway Company to service its trains overnight. 23-Nov-2006 Network Rail is in talks with Hammerson about plans to redevelop Victoria Station in London, as part of a strategy to build shops, office and flats around its large railway stations. 30-Oct-2006 Network Rail is to set up a 30,000 sq ft office at the Mailbox in Birmingham. 23-Oct-2006 Network Rail has won planning permission for the £3.5bn Thameslink project, which aims to relieve congestion on parts of the London rail network. 19-Oct-2006 Network Rail is to invest £315m in signalling projects over the next three years, and contracts have been awarded to Siemens, Alstom and Westinghouse Rail Systems. 09-Oct-2006 Network Rail is to build a new £20m signalling and maintenance centre at Cowlairs in Glasgow, which will house up to 450 staff. 14-Sep-2006 Network Rail has shortlisted four companies to carry out the £1bn redevelopment of Euston station in London, including new retail and leisure facilities. 05-Jun-2006 Network Rail has unveiled plans to develop a new £300m railway line between Airdrie and Bathgate over the next four years. 01-Jun-2006 Network Rail has unveiled proposals to build a £11bn 420-mile high-speed railway line between London and Scotland, in order to reduce journey times to Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow. 09-May-2006 Network Rail has announced plans for the £1bn redevelopment of Waterloo station in London by 2014, as part of a strategy to improve the rail capacity on the south-western main line. 22-Mar-2006 Network Rail has selected Redrow Regeneration for the £190m redevelopment of Guildford station, including flats, offices, shops and £20m of improvements to the station. 23-Feb-2006 Network Rail has submitted plans to invest £170m in improvements at Rugby railway station by the end of 2008. 12-Jan-2006 Network Rail has announced plans to spend £60m upgrading the historic Settle to Carlisle rail line over the next five years. 10-Jan-2006 Network Rail has warned that major investment may be needed in dedicated rail lines to carry freight, in order to handle rising volumes of imported coal. 22-Nov-2005 Network Rail is said to be preparing plans to spend £4bn upgrading its 2,500 stations over the next ten years, which will involve the formation of a number of joint ventures with property developers. 21-Sep-2005 Network Rail has awarded two logistics contracts worth £58m a year to Exel and Unipart Rail Logistics, and Exel will use its Worcester site to handle the nationwide distribution of maintenance materials. 20-Jul-2005 Network Rail has bought the Westwood training centre in Coventry from Cable & Wireless, in order to train managers for the rail industry. 19-May-2005 Network Rail is planning to spend £150m on the transformation of Waverley Station in Edinburgh, including additional platforms and a new entrance. 13-May-2005 Network Rail is planning to retrain 192 of the 5,000 workers being made redundant by MG Rover to fill vacancies in the Birmingham area. 22-Apr-2005 Network Rail is planning to upgrade at least 30 railway stations to prevent dangerous overcrowding, which will involve expanded concourses, additional escalators and wider ramps. 04-Apr-2005 Network Rail is planning to shed 150 major project staff, including consultant quantity surveyors and site managers. 03-Feb-2005 Network Rail is to set up a new regional headquarters for 1,000 staff at Jarvis House in York, with people relocating from other sites nearby. 24-Jan-2005 Network Rail is planning to borrow up to £20bn in the bond market to fund investment in its track over the next five years. 02-Nov-2004 Network Rail is to shed 900 managerial and administrative jobs, having taken control of rail maintenance operations from contractors. 04-Aug-2004 Network Rail is said to be considering plans to set up a maintenance operation at the former Thrall wagon works site in York, with the creation of up to 250 jobs. 22-Jun-2004 Network Rail is planning to outsource the property management of the 957 shops at 16 of its largest mainline stations, and tenders will be invited in the autumn. 24-May-2004 Network Rail has received £3.7m of funding from the Scottish Executive to draw up plans for the £150m upgrade of Edinburgh's main railway station by the end of 2007. 21-Apr-2004 Network Rail is seeking government support for a proposal to transfer control of Britain's 2,500 railway stations back to the public sector. 11-Mar-2004 Network Rail is planning to open integrated control rooms on all eight of its main routes, in order to improve the way that train delays are handled. 24-Feb-2004 Network Rail has secured a £22bn government funding package to invest in track, signals and stations. 12-Dec-2003 Network Rail is planning to remove its regional structure and replace it with three main divisions based on staff function - customer service, engineering and maintenance and operations. 04-Nov-2003 Network Rail is to stop using private contractors to maintain the railways and will take the work in-house, which will involve the transfer of more than 18,000 staff from seven contractors. 24-Oct-2003 Jarvis is to give up routine maintenance on the rail network, which will involve transferring 3,500 engineers and the contracts for the East Coast line and Midland commuter routes to Network Rail. 10-Oct-2003 Network Rail is to shed 700 management jobs over the next six weeks, in order to save up to £30m a year. 03-Oct-2003 Network Rail is seeking an additional 40,000 sq ft of office space in London to house its property division, while National Express is seeking up to 30,000 sq ft. 01-Sep-2003 Network Rail has won approval from the Strategic Rail Authority to invest £25m in the installation of new facilities at 68 stations, mainly in East Anglia and the north-west. 07-Aug-2003 Network Rail is considering plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs over the next three years, in order to improve efficiency and reduce costs. 27-Jun-2003 Network Rail has submitted plans for a £30m rail depot on a 108-acre site near March in Cambridgeshire, and work could start later this year. 19-Jun-2003 Network Rail is said to be in talks with Mowlem, Laing O'Rourke, Skanska and Amec about civil engineering work for the £400m upgrade of its analogue radio communication system. 19-Jun-2003 Network Rail is considering plans to outsource the management of its station retail and business centres, in order to focus on the operation and maintenance of the railway. 02-Jun-2003 Network Rail is to restructure its rail maintenance contracts by taking direct control of the Wessex area, which is currently run by Balfour Beatty, and the East Midlands area, currently run by Serco. 28-Mar-2003 Network Rail is to take over the maintenance of parts of its railway network, starting with the area to the west of London Paddington, in order to improve financial control and safety. 14-Jan-2003 Network Rail is said to be planning to decentralise the management of the country's railway network away from the Railtrack headquarters in London to a number of regional offices. 15-Aug-2002 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008