Six winners will have their designs for track buckle detection solutions assessed on a rail test-rig after Network Rail announced the winners of its innovation contest.
The Track Buckle Risk and Detection Design Contest, organised by Network Rail, ran between 18 November and 5 January to look for remote monitoring solutions…
Excavated material from High Speed 2’s (HS2) newly started Bromford Tunnel in Birmingham will be reused to build embankments at the nearby Delta Junction, a triangular section of railway where the HS2 route curves west towards Birmingham and runs north towards Crewe and beyond.
The tunnel boring machine (TBM) to work…
The Department for Transport’s (DfT) recent draft revision to its National Networks National Policy Statement (NNNPS) has been labelled as “lip service” to environmental issues by the Woodland Trust.
The charity believes planned changes to the government’s transport policy which are proposed to bring it in line with recent decarbonisation and…
The return to rail is here, with Department for Transport (DfT) data in April showing average daily passenger numbers reached over 98% of pre-Covid levels. It comes after a turbulent 12 months, where industrial action caused large scale disruption to services. And follows the industry’s commitment to building resilience into…
The transport brief has been restored to cabinet level in the Scottish government, after First Minister Humza Yousaf changed cabinet secretary Màiri McAllan’s role to incorporate it.
Her position now is cabinet secretary for transport, net zero and just transition. When Yousaf appointed his cabinet on 29 March 2023, transport…
Transport secretary Mark Harper has announced the appointment of Keith Smithson and Joanna Davinson as new non-executive directors of the HS2 Ltd board, which he has said strengthen its leadership and expertise to successfully deliver the High Speed 2 (HS2) project.
The appointments come as Mel Ewell and Roger Mountford stepped down from…
Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that transport infrastructure projects earmarked as immediate priorities prior to the pandemic, including Crossrail 2, will remain on a safeguarding footing amid inflationary pressures and funding uncertainty.
“Crossrail 2 has been moved from a current to a longer-term priority,” TfL chief finance officer Patrick Doig…
Copenhagen metro operator Metroselskabet has awarded a joint venture of Arup and Cowi to advise on the development of the city’s new M5 metro with string targets set to cut carbon on the project too.
Under the agreement, Cowi and Arup will undertake an environmental impact assessment for the proposed route…
Representatives of Manchester authorities started petitioning yesterday for a four platform underground through station in the High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2b bill petitioning.
The bill for HS2 Phase 2b, which will grant the power to build the high-speed line from Crewe to Manchester, passed its second reading in Parliament with an…
Insufficient progress is being made on vital rail decarbonisation commitments from the government, according to a new report from the Railway Industry Association (RIA).
As part of the government’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan (TDP), 45 commitments on how the transport sector in the UK would achieve net zero carbon by 2050 were…
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