High Speed 2 (HS2) has celebrated the completion of tunnelling for its 16km twin-bore Chilterns tunnel as the second tunnel boring machine (TBM) broke through on 21 March.
The TBM Cecilia, operated by HS2 main works contractor Align (Bouygues, McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick), follows the breakthrough of its twin TBM Florence in February.…
A new rail link between Handsacre and Manchester Airport has been identified by the Greater Manchester and West Midlands mayors as their preferred option to replace High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2.
The fate of Phase 2 of the UK’s flagship infrastructure project was made official on 4 October when prime…
The importance of constantly reviewing a major project’s delivery model has been highlighted as a key takeaway from the £19bn Crossrail project in a new independent report commissioned by government.
Attributed jointly to the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Infrastructure Projects Authority (IPA), Sponsoring a Major Project: The Crossrail Experience…
Engineers from EKFB (Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV) have commenced the sliding of the first section of the 320m double composite deck for High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Westbury viaduct into position.
It is one of five viaducts on the HS2 route through Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire where embodied carbon has been…
Restoration work to an historic viaduct in Dudley is nearly finished, marking a significant milestone for Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension.
The Midlands Metro Alliance (MMA) said final scaffolding is due to be removed in the coming days from the Parkhead Viaduct, which has been…
Network Rail issued a series of warnings to the public on 19 March about incidents across the railway in Great Britain including a landslip, points failure and a suspected broken rail.
At 07:03, Southern posted to X saying “urgent repairs” were needed on the track at Oxted and the track towards…
An electric train has travelled for the first time between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), Network Rail has announced.
Engineers have been testing the new electrification equipment installed along the route as part of the multi-billion-pound upgrade to the line between Manchester and York,…
Transport for London (TfL) has alerted contractors to an upcoming contract for the upgrade of the infrastructure and depot associated with the entirety of the Bakerloo line.
TfL is in the process of upgrading the Bakerloo line fleet, which is now the oldest rolling stock operating in the UK. Continuing to…
Bam is gearing up to begin work on its redevelopment of Eaglescliffe station in the Tees Valley as a new CGI of how the station will look when completed has been released.
Contractor Bam, working on behalf of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, will get to work on site in the…
More than 5,000 tonnes of material slipped beneath a 50-metre section of the railway last Friday (March 8) after persistent heavy rainfall over the winter had weakened the earthwork beneath. Engineers from Network Rail and Murphy have been working around the clock since, in a bid to clear the site…
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