High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd and its main works contractor Align JV (Bouygues, McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick) celebrated the completion of the first bore of the 16km Chilterns tunnel today, 27 February.
The 2,000t tunnel boring machine (TBM) Florence, manufactured by Herrenknecht, set off on its journey from the south portal alongside the…
Overhead line renewals, digitalisation of physical assets and more frequent inspections will be carried out as part of Network Rail’s plans to improve performance on its struggling Great Western Main Line.
The Independent reported that the railway body had identified “more than 1,000 actions” to improve the 85km stretch of rail…
The Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) has revealed its portfolio of major infrastructure projects will cost £2.5bn more than was originally anticipated.
Estimated costs for the portfolio of projects are now expected to cost just over £8bn instead of the £5.6bn projected in 2019. This is a 44% increase on the…
A consortium consisting of Aecom and Arcadis has been appointed to design a new tunnel and the underground stations of the Ontario Line.
The Pape North Connect Team, the name of the consortium, will provide design services for the Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations (PTUS) contract for the planned metro in…
Local transport links in the North and Midlands will see funding levels multiply by nine times from 2025 to 2032 with the introduction of the £4.7bn Local Transport Fund, according to the government.
Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced funding for local transport connections as part of the Network North project, featuring…
The Treherbert line has reopened to passengers today, Monday 26 February, following nine months of transformational works to upgrade part of the South Wales Metro.
As part of the project, Transport for Wales (TfW) removed some of the oldest railway infrastructure in Wales, replacing it with a modern, brand-new signalling system…
Officials working to repair the Cairngorm funicular in the Scottish Highlands have stated there is currently no timescale for when the railway will be operational again.
The Cairngorm Mountain Railway, which ascends 2km up the Cairn Gorm mountain in the Cairngorm National Park, returned to service in January last year before…
Work to remove 2,500t of material that slipped onto a railway in West Yorkshire will be completed and the line reopened in mid-March, Network Rail has confirmed.
Engineers have been on site at Baildon, near Bradford, since 5 February after reports of cracks in a cutting slope close to the railway.…
Great British Railways (GBR) could increase collaboration within the rail sector and with other departments, helping to exploit the benefits of digital twins, according to a panel of experts from the rail industry.
The claim about GBR - the new government organisation that will unify management of the UK rail network's…
Transport for London (TfL) expects that all handover and assurance of its £132M Old Street roundabout and station upgrade will be completed by June.
The upgrade, which is being carried out by Morgan Sindall, was initially due to complete in 2020. It has been beset by issues including shutdown from the…
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