Before we delve into the why, let us tell you that these stones along the railway tracks are called track ballast. What is that? Read further. The crushed stones along the railway track are ...

A couple of strips of steel, some wooden ties and gravel ballast to keep everything in ... But that basic simplicity belies the true complexity of a railway, where even just keep keeping the ...

Machines and technology, together with armies of workers, are creating the future of rail travel in South East Queensland ...

Work to clear weeds from a heritage railway line in Dorset has been carried out with the help of specialist equipment.A Multi ...

At Garve, engineers will remove the units which make up the ‘road surface’ of the crossing to thoroughly inspect the full ...

Network Rail Wessex confirmed engineers removed the fallen mud and installed a temporary wall made of 1 tonne ballast bags to protect the railway. It posted on X: "We can reopen the line at a ...

The A835 in Scotland is set for a closure in September and October as upgrade work takes place on the level crossing in Garve ...

A new £116million railway line has reopened in Scotland to reconnect communities that had gone without the crucial link for 50 years. The Levenmouth rail link reopened in June, connecting ...

Services between Cleethorpes and Doncaster have reopened after rail replacement buses were in place. The cause is being investigated with prolonged heavy rain thought to be a factor. Ballast bags ...

SOMERSET transport campaigners need less than £20,000 to complete a ‘missing link’ between Frome and Radstock.

Swanage Railway director Gavin Johns said it was an ... grow along the track is a key part of that activity as stone track ballast, free of weeds, enables water to quickly drain away," he added.