Newly released photos show work gathering pace on the 300m-long viaduct that will carry high-speed trains into Birmingham's Curzon Street Station.
The viaduct, which crosses Digbeth Canal, is being built by HS2’s Midlands contractor BBV (Balfour Beatty Vinci) and was designed by BBV’s Design Joint Venture, made up of Mott MacDonald…
HS2 contractor EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV) has completed the last section of earthworks that will carry East West Rail (EWR) services over the new high-speed line, near the village of Calvert in Buckinghamshire.
EWR will run between Oxford and Cambridge. HS2 contractors have now built two bridges, an underpass…
Network Rail chair Lord (Peter) Hendy of Richmond Hill has said he wants the Euston Partnership Board to continue its work despite the government's decision to develop High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Euston Station with a private Development Corporation.
The board was formed in 2020 following criticisms in the Oakervee Review of…
Network Rail has awarded contracts worth £61.5M for the East Kilbride Enhancement Project, which will deliver track electrification and station upgrades.
Story Contracting, AmcoGiffen, SPL Powerlines, Siemens, Rail Systems Alliance Scotland and WSP have landed the contracts, which will see 22.4km of single-track railway electrified. The South Lanarkshire-based work is part…
Network Rail has alerted suppliers that it will be looking for construction and engineering partners to join its £1.4bn Midlands Rail Hub Alliance.
A prior information notice (PIN) released by the rail infrastructure operator says there is a £1.05bn opportunity is for non-signalling disciplines, which includes construction, civil engineering and geotechnical…
Ayesa has secured a €7M (£6.1M) contract to supervise the design and construction of a section of Poland's new multi-billion Euro high-speed rail network.
The international provider of technology and engineering consultancy services will overlook designs and the construction element of a 17km section of high-speed rail line from Łódź to…
Network Rail has started its hunt for contractors to join its Eastern region reactive works and small scheme framework, worth £1.15bn over a maximum of seven years.
The framework will initially be for the five years of Control Period 7 (CP7), 2024 to 2029. There will then be an option to…
Reducing carbon emissions from the transport sector is crucial in meeting the UK's decarbonisation goals Yet Stantec and research body DecarboN8 have revealed a widening gap between the scale and pace of current transport decarbonisation plans, and what is really needed.
We wanted to gain an understanding of how different…
The government has announced the 55 projects it intends to finance with nearly £1bn for Round 3 of its ‘Levelling Up Fund’.
This is the third and final round of the £4.8bn promised by the government. The first round, announced in October 2021, saw 105 projects funded with £1.7bn. This was…
All roads at Eurostar’s east London Temple Mills depot have now been upgraded with moveable electrification equipment.
Eurostar’s long-term partnership with overhead lines specialist Furrer+Frey has played a key part in the depot’s gradual upgrade since 2007. The Moveable Conductor Bar electrification equipment installed by Furrer+Frey can be moved out of…
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