Hong Kong based rail operator MTR is understood to be interested in joining the bid to build the proposed privately financed Heathrow Southern Rail link.
Speaking at a Westminster Forum on the future of UK rail, MTR chief executive Europe Jeremy Long said the company had “ideas for how to extend…
The Welsh Government should have done more to protect Abellio’s bid for the £5bn Wales and Borders franchise from exposure to bidding partner Carillion, an opposition assembly member said.
Plaid Cymru’s economy and infrastructure spokesman Adam Price AM told New Civil Engineer that measures should have been put in place to allow…
The rail industry still lacks a clear enough workload pipeline for companies in the sector to invest in training. This has led to wage inflation, a skills expert has said.
Speaking at the launch of the Railway Industry Association’s (RIA) report into the value of the UK rail industry to the…
High Speed 2 project promoter HS2 Ltd has confirmed that the Laing O’Rourke/Canary Wharf Contractors/MTR joint venture has withdrawn its bid for Euston Station redevelopment work, leaving four bidders in the race for the £1.65bn contract.
It is understood that Canary Wharf Contractors decided to pull out of the race after…
VolkerRail is to undertake the second phase of the Sheffield Supertram rail replacement works.
The project starts in April and will be carried out between May to September for the next three years. A total of 11.5km of tracks will be replaced, with the work this year starting between Middlewood and…
Edinburgh Council is looking for a contractor to carry out a £22M package of vital repairs to a city centre bridge.
Work to carry out repairs on the city’s North Bridge is expected to be approved at the end of March, with work set to start in summer 2018 and complete…
The government is underestimating the value of the UK rail industry by more than £25bn according to a new report published by the Railway Industry Association (RIA).
The report said the UK’s rail system contributed £36bn annually to the UK economy and provided around 600,000 jobs. The industry also generates £11bn…
Leaders from the private and public sectors across North Wales and the north west are calling for investment to develop rail hubs throughout the region.
The West and Wales Strategic Rail Prospectus, published today, called for investment in the strategic rail hubs of Crewe, Warrington, Manchester Airport and Chester for HS2 to fulfil…
Some Tier 1 contractors are re-evaluating their relationship with Network Rail following a radical shake up in the way the client’s enhancement projects will be procured for its next five year spending programme, control period 6 (CP6).
Network Rail has said that the focus for CP6’s £49bn funding pot will shift to…
MPs have said High Speed 2 must learn from Thameslink failures in a new report by the Transport Select Committee.
Committee chair Meg Hillier has urged the government to apply lessons learnt from the Thameslink programme to future infrastructure projects such as the High Speed 2 redevelopment of Euston Station – a project…
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