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Network Rail engineers have begun a four-day project to provide vital rockfall prevention measures for the Edinburgh to Glasgow line.

Network Rail engineers have begun a four-day project to provide vital rockfall prevention measures for the Edinburgh to Glasgow line. Starting today, Monday, 29 January, Network Rail plans install a specialist…

A new depot for new and old metro trains in Gosforth, near Newcastle has been unveiled which will provide a “modern home” for Tyne and Wear Metro’s fleet.

Nexus, the public transport body for North East England, said the completion of the depot was “another key milestone in the £362m Metro…

Network Rail is preparing to install a new bridge over a London Overground line in Dalston.

Engineers will lift the brand new bridge structure into place using a crane this weekend, 27 and 28 January, to replace a 100-year-old bridge forming part of Kingsbury Road in Dalston. The bridge carries Kingsbury…

The West Midlands mayor has said he is “very confident” there will be rail improvements between Birmingham and Manchester and is expecting to submit a proposal government this summer.

Andy Street was speaking on the future site of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Curzon Street station in Birmingham, which marked the official…

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has called on civil engineers and other built environment professionals to focus on supporting the delivery of the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs).

The call to action comes with ICE’s State of the Nation: Infrastructure in 2024 report. This is the Institution’s annual flagship report…

The completion of an 853m logistics tunnel at the High Speed 2 (HS2) Old Oak Common station construction site has sent a “big message” to government to give the go ahead for tunnelling to Euston, according to HS2 project managers.

An 847t tunnel boring machine (TBM) called Lydia broke through yesterday, 23 January,…

An 847t tunnel boring machine (TBM) called Lydia has broken through at HS2’s Old Oak Common station, completing the 853m long logistics tunnel.

The Atlas Road Logistics Tunnel runs from the Atlas Road logistics hub to Old Oak Common station. It will be used to support the construction of HS2’s Euston…

High winds caused by Storm Isha overturned lorries and shut down Sellafield among other infrastructure impacts during a “wild night” across the UK.

Storm Isha blew into the UK on the evening of Sunday 21 January. According to the BBC, parts of the UK saw their strongest winds in decades, with…

HS2 contractor EKFB (Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial, Bam JV) is implementing modern techniques and materials to reduce the space needed for construction of the Wendover Dean viaduct in rural Buckinghamshire.

While the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017 gave permission to HS2 Ltd to build the railway, the company…

The Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) has revealed the 15 rail innovations that will be made reality at the facility, including an underpass made with hyperTunnel’s swarm construction.

GCRE was established by the Welsh Government as a special purpose vehicle in 2021 to deliver a rail research facility. This is…