Network Rail to invest £2.8bn on protecting railways from climate change and extreme weather

Network Rail to invest £2.8bn on protecting railways from climate change and extreme weather

The government-owned company's chief has described climate change as the "biggest challenge our railway faces" and the investment will fund projects such as installing CCTV in sites at risk of flooding.

Network Rail ramps up spending on protecting railway from climate change

The Government-owned company said it will invest around £2.8 billion over the next five years in relation to climate change and extreme weather.

Network Rail to spend £2.8bn to cope with effects of climate crisis

Funding for drains, embankments and other measures is part £45.4bn five-year investment planNetwork Rail is to spend nearly £3bn to protect the railway from the effects of the climate crisis and extreme weather, as it warned that the country’s network was having to contend with hotter summers and increased winter floods.As part of its new £45.4bn five-year investment plan, the body in charge of Great Britain’s rail network will spend £2.8bn over…

'The biggest challenge our railway faces': Network Rail plots £2.8bn climate resilience plan

Rail network body to ramp up investment in efforts to help Britain's railway better cope with extreme weather such as flooding, heatwaves and storms