Track work that was due to be conducted this week near Stroud train station in Gloucestershire has been delayed by Network Rail due to the discovery of dormice in the area.
The works were part of a programme to conduct essential maintenance to the railway near Kemble train station, which is…
Damage from a freight train derailment inside the world’s longest rail tunnel is more extensive than originally thought, with repairs expected to take months.
Investigations by Switzerland’s national rail operator SBB into the freight train derailment in the west bore of the Gotthard Base Tunnel on 10 August (see box) have…
Taking High Speed 2 (HS2) trains across the path of existing freight rail routes between Birmingham and Crewe took a step closer last week with completion of a new bridge structure near Lichfield.
Construction of the Streethay overbridge was undertaken during a 10 week blockade of the South Staffordshire freight railway…
The government has launched a consultation about implementing the "Action Plan", which it issued in February, to make improvements to the nationally significant infrastructure planning regime.
There are two preliminary points of praise. First, the officials and ministers who have been working hard have clearly sought to prepare a plan which gives increased…
An accelerated schedule has been implemented to enable the safe removal of a Victorian brick arch at the site of the £161M Oxford station and railway upgrade.
Network Rail has planned a 24/7 work schedule at the site from 2 September and, since the start of this week, its team has…
Galliford Try and designer AF Cruden Associates have agreed to pay Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) £11M after a legal case surrounding the original design and construction of the Cairngorm funicular railway was settled.
HIE sought legal action against the two firms in relation to faults found in the structure and…
A 65 year old steel truss railway bridge in southeastern Norway has collapsed after heavy rain and flooding in the region due to a powerful storm.
Storm Hans caused the middle section of the 172.5m long Randklev Bridge on the Dovre line, which connects Oslo to Trondheim, to collapse into the…
Works to remove a major bridge over the M42 to make way for High Speed 2 (HS2) rail lines has been successfully completed hours ahead of the expected finish time.
A team of 20 demolition experts from Solihull-based firm Armac Demolition worked around the clock to remove the 4,000t two span…
The cost of delivering infrastructure in the UK could be set to fall after a Supreme Court ruling has curtailed the extent to which landowners can value the land which would be compulsorily purchased for schemes.
The ruling revolves around certificates of alternative appropriate development (CAAD) and four applications for the…
Fife Council is set to consider a planning application from Network Rail to build a footbridge between between Kirkland and Mountfleurie over the under construction £116M Levenmouth Rail Link in Scotland.
The bridge will provide a safe crossing over the restored railway line which will reconnect Levenmouth to the rail network…
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