Steep gradients involved in a tunnelled extension taking the £263M Barking Riverside rail scheme the Thames would make the journey “quite a ride” – but rail bosses have not ruled it out.
During a Greater London Assembly transport committee meeting this week, assembly member Tom Copely asked whether the 4km Barking…
The electrification of the Great Western Main Line into Cardiff has suffered another blow after the finish date was left open ended due to access issues with the train operating companies.
Work to carry out the electrification of the line to Cardiff were due to be completed by December this year.…
Waterloo Station in London should be decked over to solve its capacity problem in the long term, a Network Rail boss has said.
Speaking at a conference in London on UK station development, Network Rail stations director Norrie Courts said the current works to expand Waterloo would only solve its capacity…
High Speed 2 is to start preparatory works for the future electrification of a 25km section of the Midland Main Line which will used by HS2 trains in phase 2b.
The section from Clay Cross to Sheffield will be used by HS2 as part of a spur into the city via…
People living outside London who stand to benefit from Crossrail 2 could be encouraged to help pay for the scheme, according to Crossrail 2 managing director Michele Dix.
Speaking to the City Hall transport committee, Dix confirmed that regions around London could be asked to stump up for the £31bn mega-project.…
London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for more infrastructure investment to help pay for schemes such as Crossrail 2, ahead of the first National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA).
A report commissioned by Khan has highlighted five infrastructure schemes which he says would boost the economy by £33bn per year if they went…
A new 20 year strategy to create a Midlands rail hub and create capacity for 6M more passenger journeys has been launched.
The new strategy, which is outlined in a report by Midlands Direct called Our Routes to Growth, includes a rail network capacity maximisation programme across the Midlands and is expected…
Network Rail’s pot is running dry. In fact it has just £100M to account for any “surprise costs” between now and April 2019.
On Tuesday, the Office for Rail and Road (ORR) expressed concern about Network Rail’s finances when it published its annual report on the rail body’s performance. The transport watchdog found…
The reopening of the old Eurostar platforms at Waterloo station will open on time despite the schedule being “extremely tight”.
Speaking at the New Civil Engineer UK Transport conference, Skanska commercial director Tim Ryall said the Wessex Capacity Alliance team had hit all milestone deadlines. “We are still on target, it’s…
Plans for the South Wales Metro network could be jeopardised by the government’s decision to axe electrification in the region, according to the head of Transport for Wales.
Transport for Wales chief executive James Price said the Department for Transport’s cancellation of the upgrade between Swansea and Cardiff would make it…
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