Business
PORR consortium to supply HS2 slab track
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 […]
Major Projects
Events
Call for HS2’s Eastern leg to be built in full
Due to concern that the construction of HS2 may be ‘phased’, and that the East Midlands leg through to Leeds may be delayed, or even not built at all, a group of MPs, civic and […]
Governance
Crossrail governance transfers to TfL
The Crossrail project, which is being undertaken by Crossrail Limited, will deliver the Elizabeth line under and through London, which is now scheduled to enter service in 2022. Crossrail Ltd is working to complete the […]
Business
Study to consider extending Crossrail to Ebbsfleet
There has recently been a growing interest in extending the south-eastern ‘leg’ of Crossrail, which currently terminates at Abbey Wood, into Kent as far as Ebbsfleet, where it could link up with the HS1 high-speed […]
Business
Factories taking shape at HS2 construction site
The steel frame for the factory building in which HS2 will cast the concrete tunnel lining segments for its Chiltern tunnels has been completed at the project’s Chalfont Lane site near the M25 motorway. The […]
Heritage
Borders Railway – five years on
Five years to the day since Her Majesty The Queen opened the Borders Railway between Edinburgh, Midlothian, and Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders on 9 September 2015, the Campaign for Borders Rail continues to argue […]
Geotechnical
Preparatory works underway for East Kilbride electrification
Ground investigation works are underway for the East Kilbride Corridor Improvement programme. This aims to improve the line so that four eight-car trains an hour can run during the peak periods of 07:00-10:00 and 16:00-19:00 […]
Business
HS2 Interchange station has planning approval
HS2’s Interchange station, to be located in Solihull, next to Birmingham International station, Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre, has received planning approval. The planning application for the station and the surrounding landscape and […]
Business
First consultation for Ely area capacity enhancement
The Ely area capacity enhancement (EACE) programme is a Network Rail proposal to upgrade the railway and allow more trains to run through Ely. It aims both to improve connectivity and reliability for passenger services […]
Infrastructure
Minister visits Plymouth Brunel Plaza regeneration
Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has visited Plymouth to meet those responsible for the regeneration of Brunel Plaza, a major scheme that involves an upgrade for Plymouth station along with a major revamp of the surrounding […]