The electrification of the Great Western route was a “stark example of how not to run a major project” according to the chair of the influential Commons public accounts committee (PAC).
The PAC has just published its report on the scheme which says the electrification project was flawed from the start…
France’s South Europe Atlantic (SEA) Tours to Bordeaux high speed line has been completed on budget and ahead of schedule.
The new 302km long section from Tours to Bordeaux will shorten the 500km journey time between Paris and Bordeaux to 2 hours and four minutes. Lisea, a consortium comprising Vinci Concessions,…
Phase 3 of the Manchester Metrolink expansion is now open, making it the largest light rail system in the UK.
The 1.3km long expansion has been delivered by MPT, a consortium of Laing O’Rourke, VolkerRail and Thales. The ‘Second City Crossing’ goes through the middle of Manchester city centre and takes…
Network Rail chief executive has called on the private sector to “step up” and start working on how it could finance the digital railway programme.
The digital railway, a Network Rail-led industry-wide programme to increase capacity through digital train control, is currently at feasibility stage with a business case for the…
A section of trackside wall has collapsed onto the railway at Liverpool Lime Street station blocking all four lines into the station and damaging overhead wiring equipment.
Network Rail said that there were no trains running in or out of the station after a section of trackside wall, loaded with concrete…
Earlier this month, rail engineers set to work lowering a section of track to the west of Bath in preparation for the future electrification of the line between Bath and Bristol. On the face of it, it was a standard job. But was the work in vain?
This electrification project and…
Construction of the first phase of the £56bn High Speed 2 (HS2) rail line is set to begin after the bill giving it the planning go-ahead finally received Royal Assent today.
The green light for the route between London and the West Midlands comes after the recent announcement of the Phase 2b development partner and engineering…
Construction of the Northern Line extension has taken a major step forward with the lowering of two giant tunnel boring machines into 20m deep shafts in Battersea.
The two TBMs, named Helen and Amy were lifted into the shafts by a 750t crane in the site of the former Battersea Power…
Network Rail has been rapped over a dangerous incident in which three trains travelled across an unsupported area of track last year.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its report into the incident last June in which nobody was injured. A similar incident occurred in 2012 – but no…
Aecom, in collaboration with architect Farrells is to design the Singapore terminus for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed rail after winning the contract with the Land Transport Authority.
The railway platforms are below ground, but the design will use skylights in the above-ground roof to bring natural light into the station.…
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