Network Rail has successfully moved two new 160t metallic spans into place onto Barmouth Viaduct, reaching a milestone in the restoration of the iconic structure.
The intricate and complex operation to transfer and position the spans followed a practice run on a purpose-built mock track. It means that the team is…
The government has confirmed that the prime minister’s vision of a “Euston Quarter” with a six-platform High Speed 2 (HS2) station and “up to 10,000 homes” will only go forward with private investment.
During his HS2-slashing speech on Wednesday 4 October, Rishi Sunak announced that the development of HS2’s London terminus…
The government has been urged to re-commit to re-opening the Leamside line, after the scheme was removed from the Network North website.
Earlier this week the Department for Transport (DfT) revealed full details of the £36bn Network North investment plan promised by prime minister Rishi Sunak to replace the scrapped Manchester…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s “scorched earth” approach to cancelling High Speed 2 (HS2), including slashing Euston’s capacity and removing safeguards on the route, means that the northern legs of the high-speed network will never be built.
The fate of the UK’s flagship infrastructure project was finally made official on Wednesday 4…
A sustainable cable management system, 3D printed concrete and self-healing infrastructure were among the pitches heard by East West Railway (EWR) Co. at its supplier innovation event, as it looks to improve delivery and maintenance of the new Oxford to Cambridge railway.
EWR Co. is a specialist delivery company created to…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has revealed full details of the £36bn investment plan promised by Rishi Sunak to replace the scrapped Manchester and East Midlands legs of High Speed 2 (HS2).
The prime minister told colleagues at the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday that his Network North programme was better…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak took the opportunity of his keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference today, 4 October, to confirm the cancellation of High Speed 2 (HS2) north of Birmingham and promise a swathe of other transport investments.
Reaction from the transport sector has been effusive. An updating collection of…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed that Phase 2 of High Speed 2 (HS2), Birmingham to Manchester, will not go ahead, while a new management team will take over the development of the Euston station site.
Sunak said that he is “ending this long-running saga [and] cancelling the rest of the…
High Speed 2 (HS2) was supposed to be a game changer for the UK’s transport network, truly ‘levelling up’ neglected parts of the nation and adding capacity to its already oversubscribed railways – after years of revoked promises, it now stands as a sorry symbol for what has happened to…
The cost of eight major Scottish infrastructure projects has soared by £55M in just six months and the nation is unlikely to meet its promised £26bn infrastructure investment, a watchdog has warned.
Audit Scotland said a combination of materials price inflation, labour shortages, supply chain pressures and the drive to…
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