A consortium led by Itinera and including Spie Batignolles and Ghella has been awarded the €1bn (£855M) contract for the excavation of the Mont Cenis base tunnel in Italy.
The twin bore Mont Cenis Base Tunnel, also known as the Mont d'Ambin Base Tunnel, is the largest engineering work on the…
Buses will replace trains between Machynlleth and Pwllheli for 13 weeks, as contractor Alun Griffiths will undertake the final phase of restoration work on the Barmouth Viaduct for Network Rail in North Wales.
The 154 year old, 820m long single track railway viaduct is the UK’s oldest and longest timber viaduct.…
Swiss Federal Railways SBB has unveiled plans to renovate the double-track Hauenstein Base Tunnel, part of the Basel–Olten railway line, one of Switzerland’s leading rail routes for freight and passengers.
The 8km tunnel was built from 1912 to 1916 and crosses the Jura mountain range between Tecknau in the canton of…
Norwegian authorities are considering the installation of a temporary bridge to replace the Randklev railway bridge that was washed away by Storm Hans earlier this month.
On 14 August, Storm Hans caused the middle section of the 172.5m long Randklev Bridge on the Dovre line, which connects Oslo to Trondheim, to…
A consortium including Ghella and Acciona has been named as preferred bidder for tunnelling works on Suburban Rail Loop East (SRL East), part of Melbourne’s planned Suburban Rail Loop (SRL).
Suburban Connect, a consortium made up of Ghella, Acciona Construction and Australasian construction company CPB Contractors is expected to deliver SRL…
Track installation for Scotland's £116M Levenmouth rail restoration project was completed on late last week when Scottish transport minister Fiona Hyslop installed the final clip in the new track.
Restoration of the abandoned Levenmouth Rail Link will see the reinstatement of a 19th century railway line connecting the seaside town of Leven…
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) has alerted contractors to a £55M opportunity for track renewals on the South Yorkshire Supertram.
Sheffield’s Supertram opened in 1994 and a tram-train extension to Rotherham was opened in 2018. It was privatised in 1997 but it was announced that it would be returned to…
One worker remains in hospital after five employed at the High Speed 2 (HS2) Northolt site were injured during the construction of the Mandeville Road vent shaft.
Work at the vent shaft site has now been paused following the incident that occurred on Saturday, 26 August, at approximately 10:30am in west…
Network Rail is gearing up for a big August bank holiday weekend of engineering works as it will invest £71M on more than 500 projects aimed at enhancing the UK’s railway network.
Although the rail infrastructure body claims 95% of lines will still be open from tomorrow, Saturday 26 August to…
BBV (Balfour Beatty Vinci JV) has completed the first 18m tall pier for the Water Orton Viaducts for High Speed 2 (HS2).
There will be 32 of these piers in total to carry the twin viaducts, which will be part of the Delta Junction in the West Midlands, the high speed…
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