The HS2 project is developing a radical new technology that will clean up the emissions from its heavy construction equipment at a fraction of the cost of doing it by more conventional means. HS2 has […]
Transport for Wales (TfW) is taking advantage of the expected low numbers of travellers due to COVID-19 to deliver a major piece of infrastructure work. Buses will replace trains for all rail services north of […]
Gypsy Patch bridge, on the Great Western main line just south of Patchway station, between Bristol Parkway and the Severn tunnel to South Wales, has reopened to trains after a 16-day delay. The original stone-arched […]
Transport for the North has issued a recommendation that the government commits to Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), a network of new and significantly upgraded rail lines in the North of England, and has published its […]
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, and the lockdown imposed over the UK, HS2’s third annual ‘Meet the Contractor’ event, which takes place between 23 and 26 November, will be held entirely online. At the […]
A consortium made up of Hitachi, Hitachi Rail STS and Mitsubishi has signed a US$883 million (£683 million) contract with HPH Consortium, the prime contractor for Panama Metro Line 3. This completes the process that […]
Network Rail’s £25 million restoration of the Barmouth viaduct is to be accelerated by extending works for an additional 48 hours during Wales’ firebreak lockdown. Over 150 years old, the viaduct is now in poor […]
Balfour Beatty has been brought in to repair and reopen the Cairngorm Funicular, the UK’s highest railway. Opened in 2001, the Cairngorm Funicular runs for 1,970 metres and rises through 462 metres, with a maximum […]
The River Leith runs alongside the West Coast main line near Thrimby, eight miles south of Penrith in Cumbria. Because the river was straightened, it puts the railway it borders at risk from erosion. It […]
PORR’s Austrian Slab Track system has won the contract to provide the slab track for HS2 phases 1 and 2a – from London to Birmingham and Crewe, where HS2 will join the existing West Coast […]
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