Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris has claimed funding for the fourth phase of the £155M Dawlish railway resilience programme could expire due to delays.
Making the claims in a Public Accounts Committee on 24 April, Morris said delays meant the closure of a section of the the line between Dawlish…
The Department for Transport (DfT) and HS2 Ltd are looking to reduce the scope and the requirements of the High Speed 2 (HS2) London terminal at Euston as they begin the process of redesigning it for a third time in hopes of reducing the cost.
Development of Euston station for HS2…
Key elements of the build around the High Speed 2 (HS2) Euston site, including a substation and utilities diversions, will need to be completed before work halts, according to HS2 Ltd’s chief executive.
Last month, the government announced that HS2’s London terminal at Euston would be “rephased”, with work put on…
Suppliers have been invited to bid for the Stage 1 works of Transport for London's (TfL's) Elephant & Castle station upgrade project.
The works involve the creation of passenger connections to a new station box that will provide an additional entrance for both the Northern and Bakerloo lines (currently accessed via…
Network Rail has commenced the procurement process for its £3.5bn Eastern Routes Partnership (ERP) Framework that will see contractors delivery projects under its strategic business plan and other projects with a core technical discipline.
Ahead of the official release of the tender for the ERP, Network Rail is planning a series…
MPs scrutinising High Speed 2's (HS2’s) Phase 2b between Crewe and Manchester have been warned that the route passes over unstable salt deposits which hold up to 200 caverns, which are each up to 150,000m3 in size.
Giving evidence to the Commons Select Committee charged with scrutinising the new high speed…
The deadline for entries to the NCE Awards has been extended until 5 May, maximising the opportunity for UK-based civil engineering consulting firms to achieve recognition as leaders in the sector.
The NCE Awards celebrate achievements by civil engineering consultancies in the UK and are open to both large and small…
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) is demanding that the government publish its supposedly annual Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP), following a hiatus since 2019.
RIA, the voice of the UK rail supply community, believes now is a crucial time for the RNEP to be updated and published as passenger numbers are…
Delaying High Speed 2 (HS2) – and other major infrastructure projects – will not save money, the transport secretary Mark Harper has said in an evidence session for the Transport Select Committee this week.
In March the Department for Transport announced its intention to “rephase” the delivery of Phase 2b (Crewe…
Transport for London's (TfL's) plans to create a new London Overground link in west London are progressing with Mott MacDonald awarded the design contract.
The West London Orbital is a proposed rail line on the London Overground, which would fill a missing link in the network between north and west London.…
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