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Civil Engineering Today briefing: Friday 30 October 2026
Four stories from the last 24 hours and one date for the week ahead.
Stories from the last 24 hours
City Thameslink to close for seven months in 2027 while all 10 escalators are replaced
Network Rail will shut the underground central London station from 17 May to late December 2027, saying fire-safety evacuation rules mean a partial closure would not have been acceptable while every escalator is renewed.
Network Rail to vacuum out ballast and relay 50-year-old track at Lowestoft station
Engineers will use a vacuum machine to strip saturated, oil-contaminated ballast from platforms 2 and 3 during a four-day closure from 13 to 16 November, closing all lines into the Suffolk station.
Welsh Government says Budget delivered 3% of its £1bn rail request
The Welsh Government said the UK Budget had delayed a £14bn rail commitment again, while the UK Government's own Budget release for Wales set out £30m for the next stage of Cardiff Parkway station.
Network Rail to start Crewe Station upgrade at Christmas with nine-day closure in February
Network Rail will renew track, signals, overhead lines and the station roof at Crewe in a multi-million-pound programme that begins over Christmas 2026 and runs through 2027.
This week
RIA Annual Conference
Starts on Wednesday 4 November.
About this briefing
Published on weekday mornings. Every item comes from a story Civil Engineering Today has already published and checked against its sources, from dates organisers have published, or from our data trackers. See the events and awards calendar, or get the week's stories by email with the weekly newsletter.