Bosses of the UK’s biggest clients are lining up to speak at the new UK Transport event to share their passion for and insight into infrastructure investment.
Leaders of Network Rail, Highways England, Heathrow Airport, Crossrail 2, Transport for West Midlands and High Speed 2 are already confirmed for the new…
Network Rail has introduced so-called “formation flying” engineering trains which will save an estimated £250,000 per week in costs by allowing trains to run at higher speeds once engineering is complete.
Network Rail said that passenger journeys could often be disrupted in the week after major track upgrades as trains must…
In the wake of the firebomb attack on the Hong Kong subway system last week, a leading fire expert has called for a rethink on fire design on metro systems.
The firebomb was dropped by a lone passenger on the train at around 7pm on the Hong Kong subway operator MTR’s…
“High quality infrastructure drives economic growth, boosts productivity and raises living standards.”
“That is why we placed infrastructure at the heart of the Autumn Statement.” That is chief secretary to the Treasury David Gauke’s opening sentence in the introduction to an analysis published alongside the government’s National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline…
Devolution: so what’s actually happening across the UK?
The May government’s “modern industrial strategy”, published in January, has placed infrastructure at the heart of Britain’s drive to increase its global competitiveness. Alongside the government’s plans to increase the nation’s science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills and tackle barriers to innovation,…
What lies ahead for road and rail funding?
As infrastructure is elevated at a political level, there is a step change in funding for two of civil engineering’s biggest sectors, roads and rail, as the focus shifts and lessons are learnt. We are in the middle of the two major five…
Bouygues and geotechnical and civils firm Soletanche Bachy, part of Vinci Group, have won an £830M contract to build part of the Grand Paris Express metro line.
The contract, awarded by the project’s developer La Société du Grand Paris, is for the Villejuif to Créteil segment. The two firms in the…
Complicated piling and ground stabilisation works could add up to £750M to High Speed 2 (HS2) costs if the route goes through a salt mining area of Cheshire, a report commissioned by a group opposed to the line has warned.
The report published by consultant TerraConsult on behalf of campaign group…
An investigation into a “serious” signal failure in Wales is being carried out by Network Rail.
A train could easily have been diverted towards a line on which trains can run in either direction after a set of points were placed in an incorrect position during resignalling work at Cardiff East…
The House of Lords has passed the HS2 bill, handing it back to the House of Commons to get ready for Royal Assent which is expected in the next couple of weeks.
The Lords passed the bill with a 360 majority vote and just 26 opposing it. The vote of confidence…
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