A major trade union in the UK is calling out Network Rail for not acting on the majority of recommendations from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) following the Carmont rail tragedy.
The derailment of a train at Carmont, near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire on 12 August 2020 saw three people fatally…
Computer generated images have been released showing the planned transformation of Darlington station through a £150M masterplan.
Darlington station is on the East Coast Main Line serving the town of Darlington in County Durham. The newly released images from Tees Valley Combined Authority (TCVA) show the planned transformation of its stairways…
Two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) to drive the 7.2km twin-bore High Speed 2 (HS2) tunnels between Old Oak Common and Euston will be put in place underground years before the government gives permission to proceed.
The development of HS2’s London terminus at Euston was put on pause in March when the government…
Network Rail has this week been ordered to pay £1.2M following the death of a maintenance worker in November 2020, but has said it has made efforts to improve safe working knowledge and procedures in the intervening years.
Long-serving employee Kevin Mauger was carrying out maintenance work on Network Rail’s production…
The governor of Illinois is calling on the US government to help pay for a $1.1bn (£860M) upgrade to Chicago’s regional rail infrastructure including Union Station.
J.B. Pritzker, the City of Chicago and Amtrak are hoping to be awarded $872M (£683M) by the US Federal Railroad Administration to fund the Chicago…
WeBuild has launched the tunnel boring machine (TBM) Aurora for a 2km tunnel as part of the new Naples to Bari railway in Italy.
The TBM boring the Grottaminarda Tunnel has a 12m diameter cutter head and is 100m long, making it the largest currently in operation in Italy. It has…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced its roster of 37 contractors appointed to its £600M STARThree framework to advise on the delivery of rail, road and aviation projects.
STARThree is is officially known as the Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory for Rail and Other Transport Systems Framework and this is…
A government report has revealed Australia’s biggest infrastructure project, the Sydney Metro scheme, is currently facing “significant technical and budget risks”.
The Sydney Metro project involves three different schemes, Sydney Metro West, City and Southwest and Western Sydney Airport. Due to procurement issues with the Sydney Metro West scheme, the overall…
The proposed £18.3M Barrhead South station on a line to Glasgow has had its outline business case approved and £2M funding granted for development of the scheme.
The Glasgow City Region cabinet approved East Renfrewshire Council’s business case for the proposed Barrhead South, which will be on the Glasgow Central to…
A version of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) London Euston station with only seven platforms would prevent the high-speed network from ever reaching the service levels it is designed to accommodate, according to experts.
The new HS2 Euston station is intended to be the London terminus of the high-speed rail line, but…
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