An ambitious long term transport strategy is needed if the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC) vision for the Cambridge to Oxford corridor is to succeed, according to a new report.
The Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford Corridor Transport Workstream Report, commissioned by the NIC, outlines the transport upgrades needed to build a knowledge based cluster of…
Designs for a £175M transport scheme in Belfast are revealed in a video from Northern Ireland transport body Translink.
Translink’s Belfast Hub aims to make public transport the most attractive transport mode, with better rail and bus links to the rest of the country, Dublin and major airports. Enabling works…
A world-first modular glass fibre reinforced plastic bridge has been unveiled.
Designed by Arup, and part-funded by the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), the first bridge has been installed in Oxford for Network Rail. The bridge is a safer alternative to level crossings where a traditional pedestrian bridge cannot be…
A £9M fund to support UK businesses efforts to develop innovative solutions for national and international railways has been launched.
The fund is being made available by the Department for Transport (DfT) through Innovate UK as part of a new innovation competition. The DfT said the competition is intended to help…
Engineers are to trial an innovative way to reduce airborne noise from rail tracks, which requires minimal intervention.
A Transport for London (TfL) trial between Woodford and South Woodford stations will use a spray-on product called Quietrail, where a thin membrane is sprayed onto the web of the rail (the indented section) to…
Network Rail has set out a major 30-year rail capacity upgrade programme for lines between London and Kent. It includes rebuilding Charing Cross Station and constructing new rail links in the area.
Passenger numbers on lines between London and Kent are set to rise 47% by 2044 and many lines are…
Arcadis has won work as the civil and tunnelling design consultant for Transport for London (TfL)’s £136M capacity upgrade at Camden Town tube station.
The station has to be enlarged to meet increased passenger demand. Work will include construction of a second entrance and exit with a new entrance hall and access…
A new 2,000t reinforced concrete subway is to be installed at Hackney Wick station at Easter.
The reinforced concrete portal structure for the subway has been constructed on land adjacent to the station building and will be driven into place in the Easter possession. It has been designed to improve station…
Massive upgrades will be required to the road network, the West Coast Main Line, Birmingham Airport and utilities to capitalise on the proposed new High Speed 2 (HS2) Birmingham Interchange station.
The claim was made by the Urban Growth Company (UGC) – the special purpose delivery vehicle set up to develop…
Crossrail is to run on tracks where passenger delays have totalled 5M minutes in six months, claim Conservative members of the Greater London Assembly.
The Liverpool Street to Shenfield line on which the delays occured, is currently run by Transport for London’s (TfL’s) TfL Rail division but will be used by…
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